House debates

Wednesday, 30 May 2007

Questions without Notice

Climate Change

3:04 pm

Photo of Peter GarrettPeter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Heritage) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his previous answer when he claimed that Mr Larry Summers had ‘come to this debate with absolutely impeccable credentials’ in relation to his view of Kyoto. Is the Prime Minister aware of Mr Summers’ argument put to a scientific conference last year that:

Innate difference might explain why there are so few female scientists in high ranking academic positions.

Prime Minister, how can you be sure that your latest climate change sceptic is not behind the times on climate change as he is behind the times on the role of women?

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