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

You are quite right: we are committed to a 26 to 28 per cent emissions reduction target, which on a per capita basis means that we will be reducing emissions by half and on an emissions intensity of the economy basis means we will be reducing the emissions intensity in our economy by two-thirds. And do you know what? We have a target. The Labor Party doesn't even have a 2030 target—none. They're running for the hills. They're now trying to run a smokescreen. The reason the Leader of the Opposition came out with the statement he did last Friday is that he knows he can't get a consensus in his party room between Otis and Mr Butler around a 2030 target. That is what that is all about. It's just one massive smokescreen.

We are taking responsible action. We are being guided by our commitment to ensure that our agenda is environmentally effective and economically responsible. We will have to agree to disagree, and the Australian people— (Time expired)