Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern and Remote Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I have two very specific questions for the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Could the minister advise the Senate what the reduction in tonnes of carbon in greenhouse gas emissions will be in the first year after the carbon tax is imposed and what is that as a percentage of total world greenhouse gas emissions? Minister, if you say that depends on what the price of carbon is, perhaps you could then tell the Senate what the range is that is being looked at. So, on the range of carbon prices, what is the number of tonnes—two very specific questions—in reduction of carbon in the first year and, secondly, what is that as a percentage of total world greenhouse gas emissions?