House debates Questions without Notice

Climate Change

Wednesday, 6 July 2011 House of Representatives

Peter Garrett

Peter Garrett Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth

3:08 pm

I am not surprised this causes those opposite some discomfort, but the fact is that what this government is doing about climate change is taking action: supporting renewable energy, supporting some of the biggest solar power stations in the world with the announcement made recently about the solar power stations at Chinchilla and Moree, and most importantly putting a price on carbon—the most environmentally effective and economically efficient way to deal with the dangers of climate change—with a policy that is informed by scientists that have made our country great and with a recognition that we need to get on with the job.

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