Arthur Sinodinos (NSW, Liberal Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

All of us in this place know that Australia contributes only around 1.4 per cent to global emissions, and Labor's carbon tax has reduced emissions by just 0.1 per cent. Not only has the carbon tax not worked in the manner those opposite perhaps may have intended; it has shifted Australia's emissions to other parts of the world, and this is worse for the environment. Let me give you an example. A tonne of alumina produced in Australia emits an average of 0.85 tonnes of CO2, while in China the average carbon emissions from production of a tonne of alumina are 1.35 tonnes. I call on those opposite to stop defying the will of the people of Australia, side with the coalition and immediately scrap the carbon tax.