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

Senator Boswell, what I can guarantee is that the government will continue to do what it has done—that is, to approach the design of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme being very mindful of the need to support jobs today. If you look at the announcements we have made—of a deferral of one year given the current global economic crisis, of a fixed price start to enable a phased-in approach to the commencement of the scheme and of additional assistance to the emissions intensive trade exposed sector in terms of what we have described as a global recession buffer—then you see that these are all decisions which are about supporting jobs through what we believe is a responsible transition.