House debates Questions without Notice

Climate Change

Tuesday, 12 September 2006 House of Representatives

Anthony Albanese

Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House

2:35 pm

My question is to the Prime Minister. Has the Prime Minister seen comments by Al Gore on last night’s The 7.30 Report, responding to those who are sceptical about scientists’ so-called gloomy predictions on climate change, as follows:

It’s not a question of mood. It’s a question of reality. ... there’s no longer debate over whether the earth is round or flat ...

Does the Prime Minister acknowledge that the scientific consensus about climate change is accurately reflected in the documentary An Inconvenient Truth, or does the Prime Minister agree with comments by the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources—

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