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

There are many things that the Prime Minister cares about. He cares first and foremost about Australians—their safety, their security, their jobs and their economic prosperity. That's why the work we're doing as a government is putting all of those interests first. We're putting those interests of Australians first by ensuring that we follow through on our emissions reductions commitments as part of our global engagement on climate change. We're putting those interests of Australians first by ensuring that we do that in ways that back technological change and the development of things that will drive emissions down while protecting the jobs of Australians. We're putting the interests of Australians first by ensuring that we have a strong story to tell the rest of the world in terms of our emissions reductions—but also of the investment opportunities in Australia, in terms of continuing to achieve those changes, be they in areas of hydrogen or other areas of technological change that will enable us to beat that into the future. We look forward to our European friends and other global friends being partners, as they are, in that journey— (Time expired)