Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources. Did the minister read the Australian Greenhouse Office report Tracking to the Kyoto target out at the end of last year? What does the minister have to say about AGO advice that Australia will massively exceed its generous target under the current government policy? How is it that Australia’s electricity sector has actually increased both carbon emissions and carbon intensity in the last six years? Why is it that, with greenhouse emissions set to reach more than 127 per cent of 1990 levels by the end of 2020, the Prime Minister keeps saying, ‘We’re on target’?