Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Those who pose a risk to that clean energy future of course are the opposition and those who continue to oppose taking action. As we know, in 2007 then Prime Minister John Howard committed to putting a price on carbon and to taking strong action. He said it was important that the Liberal Party show leadership. He did not say, as Mr Hockey now claims, that somehow we will wait for the rest of the world to move.