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

I will just clarify for Senator Ian Campbell that article 9 of the Kyoto protocol is the review of the protocol. Australia has not ratified the protocol. The discussions to review the protocol were dealt with under article 9 and the decisions were made on article 9 on the last night in Nairobi after the minister had left. Whilst I recognise the work of Mr Howard Bamsey—he was chairing the dialogue which, as the Chinese pointed out, was not a negotiating session—the only product to come out of the dialogue was an oral report in Nairobi, and there will be a written report next year. There is no process for bringing the two together. It is a parallel process, so it is quite ridiculous to suggest Australia is leading the world in that regard. We are not in the discussions. We are an observer to the protocol. Australia is allowed to speak at the behest of other countries—