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

The government has considered and will continue to consider the views put to us by industry and by state governments. State governments, from recollection, made submissions also to the green paper. It is the case that people have different views about the best way to construct the assistance for emissions-intensive trade-exposed industries. I tell you one thing, Mr President: those on this side understand that the Australian people want action taken on climate change—