Ian Campbell (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Heritage) Share this | Hansard source

As I said in response to a question asked earlier by Senator Ferris, Australia has doubled its aid budget for 2004-10 to $4 billion a year and will specifically target climate change and adaptation as one of the three priority themes under its environment strategy. That is exactly what the Australian government is doing. Australia was crucial in developing the Pacific framework for action on climate change 2005-15 within the Pacific islands leaders forum. We are actively working with the Pacific islands. We have that integrated at all levels of government. Only a few months ago in New York, Ambassador Robert Hill, an extraordinarily successful environment minister for this government, hosted a meeting of the Pacific island states. We used that opportunity to disseminate through the Pacific islands the very successful Bushlight program. (Time expired)