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

Thank you. In relation to China, I would make the point I have made on previous occasions that China is leading the world in the production of a range of low-emissions technologies. It is also piloting emissions trading in a range of major provinces with a combined population of over 200 million.

I am accused of lecturing. If the opposition are going to persist with a policy that is economically stupid, if they are going to impose higher costs on the Australian economy to achieve the same outcome, well, perhaps they need a bit of lecturing.