John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I think we have already corrected the claim made by the Leader of the Opposition. His words to that effect were, once again, words not to that effect. What I said was that we will move towards an emissions trading system that will of necessity involve a long-term target of some kind. I did not indicate that the report was going to name a target. As to the business roundtable, of course it contains representatives of a number of reputable Australian and foreign companies. I am interested in their views, but I think the Leader of the Opposition ought to read the report very carefully tomorrow. I think he will be informed and advised by it.

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