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

The $6 billion that the government will be putting to households to help them make this transition and the substantial targets that the government has put on the table in its target range are at risk from those opposite. We know those opposite are completely divided when it comes to the issue of climate change. We know the opposition benches are filled with climate change deniers, such as Senator Bernardi, who came out recently saying:

But exactly what is causing climate change and what—if anything—should we be doing about it should remain the subject of debate.

We also know what Senator Joyce thinks. Senator Joyce said:

The view across the National Party is that the reasons put forward to justify an emissions trading scheme are just a load of rubbish ... Malcolm Turnbull will probably come on board with an ETS but that doesn’t mean the National Party will support it.

Of course, we know that in government Mr Turnbull advocated a scheme, completely— (Time expired)