David Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I won't be long. From the people that I represent I've heard loud and clear that they want climate action, and this isn't it; this isn't climate action. Here in the ACT we only get two senators. There are only two senators in this place pushing for what the people in Canberra and Jarvis Bay and Norfolk Island want. And I've been hearing loud and clear that it's time to act. The time for denial and delay is over, and we need to act.

We've been offered a gift by the IPCC and other climate scientists. They've told us how bad it is. They've told us what it could be if we continue down this path, but we've also said that we have a narrow window in which to act. And we should act. We must act. This bill is not that. This is more delay. This is delay from the Labor government. On behalf of the people in the ACT, I want that recorded—that this bill is no good. This is not in line with being able to look at our kids and future generations and say, 'We acted in the best interest of you and your generation.' If we continue down this road, we're going to fail them, and we cannot afford to do that.