Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, I think Australians know many things, and they certainly know two things. One thing they know is that the cost of neglecting to act on climate change will be greater than the cost of responsible action now. We know that from Stern and we know that from Garnaut. The other thing they know is that those on the other side have absolutely no answer when it comes to the issue of climate change because too many of them on that side do not believe it is a reality—from Senator Minchin all the way down.