Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I do always try to assist Senator Boswell. I simply do not agree with the propositions he is putting. As I have explained, there are a range of policies that China have in place. They have the largest installed renewable energy capacity in the world. My recollection is also that they have energy intensity targets and renewable energy targets. On that aspect of the question which the Senator re-asked, as I have said, I do not have any further information to hand about the details of who said what to whom or when. I would respectfully, through you, Mr President, say to the senator, I doubt that his mind would be changed even if that information were able to be provided. The senator has made very clear, in his public statements and in this place, his assertions and his belief that no-one else in the world is doing anything. That assertion is demonstra­bly wrong.