Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) Share this | Hansard source

Unfortunately there is only a minute, but this is how seriously we as a government are dealing with it. We are a strong and active player in international climate change forums, such as the head of AGO, Howard Bamsey, co-chairing the UN dialogue on long-term cooperative action on climate change. We are a founding member of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. We play an active role in the G8+ dialogue on climate change, clean energy and sustainable development. The list goes on. We have made money available to our Asia-Pacific partners—I think about $100 million—to assist them in these various areas.

We have a proud record but, unlike others in this place, we got started ages ago and we are still keeping along on the same level. The Labor Party never talked about it. They have discovered it, and like a new toy they want to bring it out on every possible occasion. But we have been dealing with this for— (Time expired)