Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

That supplementary question from Senator Waters highlights the completely misleading rubbish that we get from the Australian Greens who, when it comes to addressing climate policy, decide instead to bring it into a whole range of other matters and ignore the fact that this is about dealing with a global problem through global cooperation and action.

Australia plays a role. We have done so consistently over recent years in terms of signing on to global climate change agreements and acting in accordance with them, and signing on to future agreements such as the Paris Agreement and acting in accordance with that. It doesn't come down to a single piece of regulatory approval for one mining project. It doesn't come down to what the nation's electoral financing laws might look like. It comes down to working in concert with other nations to make sure that we deliver upon our commitments and to ensure that they deliver upon theirs, and that's what we're committed to doing.