George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, I will look at the report on forestry and land clearing. Our ultimate good faith on this issue can be seen by the fact, as I said in answer to your primary question—sorry to be repetitive—that we have adopted the second most ambitious per capita emissions reduction targets of any G20 nation: 26 to 28 per cent reduction by 2030. We are meeting and indeed exceeding that—as of today, we are ahead of the targets that we had previously committed to.

If I may say so, with respect, Senator Waters, the way to test whether Australia is serious is in two ways: to ask how ambitious our targets are—and they are some of the most ambitious in the world—and to ask whether we have met or exceeded them. We have.