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

The proposition is that other countries are not active. He should also be aware that a regional trading scheme is in place in the United States, with some 27-plus states in North America engaged in that. He should be aware that an emissions trading scheme has been implemented in New Zealand, and I caution him to consider whether his question accurately reflected the position of the newly elected New Zealand Prime Minister. Japan is currently trialling a scheme, and a range of other countries are considering other mitigation mechanisms. (Time expired)