Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. TheNew York Times noted this morning that Australia's energy politics seems forever doomed to devolve into a circus, which is highlighted by your leadership chaos, which has been driven by our climate and energy policy. ABC Radio this morning interviewed Niklas Hohne, part of an independent scientific group that studies how countries are tracking in meeting their Paris goals. He noted that Australia will miss our target by a wide margin and will have to implement significantly more policies to meet our 2030 target. He contrasted us with countries that are responsible for two-thirds of the world's emissions that have legislated their targets and are on track to meet them. Minister, for the clarity of all Australians and of the globe, does the government remain committed to Australia meeting its targets as agreed to in the Paris agreement of a 26 to 28 per cent cut in emissions from 2005 levels?