Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, is it the case that, according to the government’s own figures, in 1996 Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions were 510 megatons, in 2005 Australia’s greenhouse emissions were 559 megatons and in 2020 Australia’s greenhouse emissions are projected to be 702 megatons—an increase of 27 per cent on 1990 levels? Why has the government not acted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the last 11 years?

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