Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

The minister may well be aware that certainly the Nationals are receiving thousands and thousands of emails at the moment begging us to say no to this ETS, so I think it might be worthwhile to ask the minister to clarify, taking on board her earlier comments that some countries are already doing a certain amount towards the reduction of the carbon pollution. Can the minister explain very clearly for the Senate and those people listening at the moment what the global situation will be as a result of those who are undertaking some kind of carbon pollution reduction scheme if no other countries come on board when Australia does?. I just want to be very clear that I am talking not about any countries coming on board in future but about the existing ones. When this scheme does come in, if it gets through the chamber in the manner that is being put forward to the Australian people at the moment, exactly how much will the world’s emissions reduce by? I ask this question because it is one of the key questions that are being asked via my National Party colleagues consistently: exactly how much will the reductions be when Australia goes down this CPRS road without any other countries doing it at the same time?