Ruth Webber (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I take it from the minister’s answer that he is of the view that he is right and the government’s experts are wrong. Doesn’t the minister’s outrageous claim demonstrate that the Howard government is manifestly incapable of responding to the threat of dangerous climate change? Don’t the minister’s absurd comments, which are refuted by business and scientific experts, make it clear that the government does not believe that climate change is a problem and so is not prepared to take serious action to address it?