Greg Combet (Charlton, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change) Share this | Hansard source

The member for North Sydney is on the record as questioning whether human activity is contributing to global warming but on the other hand is out there saying you have to give the planet the benefit of the doubt. You cannot be a sceptic on the one hand and get in touch with your green side on the other; you have to have a consistent position. It is time, in the national interest, that the coalition side of politics got their act together. The time is coming when you will have to take responsibility, come forward, put forward your specific policy positions in relation to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and stand up for the national interest.

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