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

What we do have is the opportunity to reduce the risk, and thank you for that interjection, Senator Abetz. I note Senator Abetz has made some reference to the response to this report. He said:

Chances are you would have to go into the business of making gumboots, because people will be getting very wet feet.

I assume that that is Senator Abetz’s version of why it is we need to act on climate change, and if that is his motivation I thank him for that, as long as it does bring him to a point where he is able to support the government’s legislation to take action on climate change. If he does vote for it on the basis that it is good for the gumboot makers, certainly the government would be happy to have him help see passage of the legislation. (Time expired)