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

That is a brilliant question. The problem is that whoever handed the senator the question did not know that in virtually every article in which I have ever been quoted on climate change I have promoted the views of Warwick McKibbin. I actually think Warwick McKibbin’s views on a carbon price are right. What Warwick McKibbin does is slam the Labor Party’s approach. He slams their trading scheme, as did the Premier of Western Australia and the Premier of Queensland. They produced their policy a few weeks ago and by lunchtime WA had pulled out of the trading scheme and by dinnertime Peter Beattie had pulled out of it. Your policy is dead in the water. Warwick McKibbin reckons your policy is a dud. He reckons your emissions trading scheme is the wrong way to go. I happen to support his views on climate change and emissions trading. I support him very strongly. I think he has got a sensible way forward. What hypocrisy it is for you to quote McKibbin. (Time expired)