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

Some of those opposite may like to pretend that this is not real. The fact is that it is real. Climate change is a reality. The science tells us that the climate is changing faster than first projected and the impacts are likely to be more severe as sea level rises and extreme storms and floods become more frequent. These changes are already happening, and we cannot ignore the findings of this report. We cannot afford to ignore them, even if some on the other side would like to pretend this is not happening.