Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

Let us just ignore the high dollar—that has no impact at all, Senator Macdonald! As I said—and Senator Macdonald has just alluded to it—Australia is not, despite the question, acting alone on climate change. An OECD report confirms that an effective carbon tax applies to pollution from energy in every single OECD country. The 27 countries of the EU have an ETS. California and the north-eastern states of the USA have an ETS. China launched its first emissions trading scheme last week. Japan has had a carbon tax since 2012. South Korea has had a scheme for years. India has put a price on carbon for coal. And New Zealand, with a conservative government, has an ETS. So it is great news for the planet as carbon pricing grows and grows throughout the global economy— (Time expired)