Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for acknowledging that he has backed off the emphatic assurance of meeting the targets and for acknowledging that the likelihood is that we will not. I asked him to identify what advice he has had as to why we are not likely to get there and what the cause of that has been. Also, he said a moment ago that he will have to change his policies accordingly. Given that he has always said that he will not introduce emissions trading or a carbon tax because we are on track to meet our targets, now that he is acknowledging that the likelihood is that we will not get there, will he now change position and adopt emissions trading, a carbon tax and a greenhouse trigger in EPBC so that we can get there?