Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I am only too well aware of where the question came from. But I think it is important for the opposition to change its attitude on these issues. What is obviously a prerequisite to them changing that attitude is to understand the seriousness of the issue. What we have quite clearly is a situation where it has been indicated that Australia will be one of the most adversely affected regions of the world. Of course it is appropriate in that context that we take all the steps that we can to improve our houses and our road transport system and any other means which will effectively improve our operations in terms of our impacts on the environment.