Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Again, the climate change bill is about bringing in an interim target to reduce our emissions. There is nothing in the bill, that I'm aware of, that would have the effect Senator McDonald is talking about. I would certainly hope she and her colleagues are not intending to continue the same scare tactics we saw for 10 years that held back investment, drove up our emissions and cost jobs.