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

In case Senator Allison did not hear all of my previous answer, I refer her to what Sir Nicholas Stern said in November last year: ‘What we should be looking for is all countries.’ And that is what Australia is working towards. Sure, we can do economic modelling using all sorts of means and come up with interesting figures. But at the end of the day—and I think the vast majority of Australians accept and understand this—unless every country is involved and engaged in this issue it may well be worthless. That is why we have to move beyond Kyoto—something that even Sir Nicholas Stern is willing to acknowledge. It is about time the Democrats, the Greens and the Labor Party came on board with that as well.