Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The Rudd government is committed to tackling the issue of climate change through the introduction of a carbon pollution reduction scheme. We saw just last week on the ABC that those opposite have been quite vocal in their denial of the very existence of this very important issue and its detrimental impact on Australia’s farming community. Over the weekend, my colleague sitting here with me, the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, announced as a sign of good faith that the government will agree to exclude agricultural emissions from coverage under the CPRS indefinitely. However, despite the National Party in particular having called for this exclusion, they met it with ridicule. (Time expired)