Senate debates
Monday, 30 November 2009
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2]
In Committee
11:12 am
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source
The Senator urges me not to try and do what I usually do in terms of courtesy—acknowledging we have a different point of view—and just wants me to debate the issue. I will do that. She says this is about locking in failure. I say to the Greens party: locking in failure is voting with the extremist right, the extreme climate change deniers in the coalition and in Senator Fielding, against action on climate change. Senator Milne says she would not get on a plane with a 50 per cent chance of crashing. You do not even want to start, Senator. You know that, without this legislation, Australia’s emissions will continue to rise.
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