Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

The fact is the opposition has never understood the significant impacts that dangerous climate change has on our environment, and that is self-evident from that interjection by the Manager of Opposition Business in the House. The government is committed to bringing forward a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, rolling out the largest energy efficiency program we have seen in Australia and acting decisively to address dangerous climate change. That is what Australia expects; that is what this government will deliver.

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