Mark Butler (Port Adelaide, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

My question is also to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. In a press conference immediately after deposing the member for Warringah, the Minister for Foreign Affairs said:

… we've already announced climate targets for Paris in December and I expect those targets to continue.

But The Australian reports today that the Prime Minister will tell the Paris conference that there is scope to consider more ambitious targets. Exactly what is the position of the government?

Mr Simpkins interjecting—

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