Senate debates

Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Questions without Notice

Great Barrier Reef

2:20 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

We understand, unlike those opposite, that climate change is a risk for this country, which is why we have legislated both to reach net zero and a 43 per cent emissions-reduction target for 2030. I know that the senator and his party say that's not enough. I trust that they also tell their voters that those opposite don't support the action to reduce emissions and, as I can see from Senator Canavan's recent statements, still don't support net zero by 2050. Things just keep going back to where they were—it's like Groundhog Day again. What I would also say to you, senator, is those targets have to be delivered, and that requires us to transform this economy from a high-emissions economy to one— (Time expired)

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