Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Deputy Leader of the Opposition for her question. As the Deputy Leader of the Opposition would know—from news reports, from the briefings that she reads and, indeed, from the information she would get from the sister political parties of the Liberal Party around the world—other nations are moving on climate change. I am sure, for example, that there is a great exchange of information between the Liberal Party of Australia and the Conservatives in the United Kingdom. Indeed, we know that the Leader of the Opposition has been to the UK to consult with David Cameron, now the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. People would remember when he went to do that. What does David Cameron stand for? This is a man who, were in Australia, would be the holder of a Liberal Party ticket. He has announced to his community that he stands for cutting carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2027—a conservative. But we do not need to look as far away as the UK. We can look across the ditch to New Zealand—another conservative. The Prime Minister there, John Key—

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