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

What I would suggest Senator Williams does under these circumstances is check the government website, because he will have no trouble looking up the green paper, which outlines in detail the scheme that Senator Wong announced some months ago. This is a government that acknowledges that this country must face up to the challenges of climate change. This is a government that understands that it will actually cost us a lot more not to act now, as we seem to be being urged to do by senators opposite. This is a government that is proposing a new scheme which will allow industry to adapt and transform itself and produce a result in such a way as to attract new investment to allow industry to cope with the challenges of climate change.

Senator Wong has proposed a scheme on behalf of the government. We are consulting widely with industry. We are ensuring that the carbon reduction scheme, which will be implemented from 2010, will ensure that there is an opportunity—