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

Let us be clear what is being put in that question. What is being put in that question is: 'Because it is hard for the globe to avoid more than a two-degree temperature rise, somehow Australia should walk away from action on climate change.' That is what is being put. What is being put is: 'Because this is really hard, we should just not do anything.' That is the proposition of the opposition. Paradoxically, they pretend that they actually do want to do something, because they have signed up to a five per cent target, a target that under their policy would be achieved at double the economic cost to the Australian community.