Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Firstly, I reject the premise of the question, and let me say again that those of us on this side of the chamber—Liberal-National party senators—believe in environmental protection that is economically responsible. As far as climate change is concerned, I've said many times in this chamber that we are committed to effective action on climate change in a way that is economically responsible.

Senator Wong interjecting—

And here we have the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate interjecting. This is from a party that doesn't have a policy on climate change. What is your policy on climate change? What is the Labor Party policy on climate change? They've got 30 policies on climate change, and nobody knows what the other's policy is. Again, on this side we have a plan to meet our 2030 emissions reduction target. We will stick to that plan. We'll deliver on those targets. When we came into government we were running behind our Kyoto 2020 target. We are now running ahead because of the actions of this government. So, don't give us any lectures when it comes to emissions reduction. (Time expired)