Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

as a result of the policies that this government has put in place over the last six years to ensure that we are meeting and we are beating our emissions reduction targets. We have a plan to meet our 2030 targets as well, as we set out at the last election. We set out tonne by tonne responsible targets to ensure that we meet our 2030 commitments. We take these commitments extremely seriously and we will ensure that they are met. On top of that we will have emissions per capita fall by 50 per cent by 2030 under the policies we took to the last election. Emissions per capita are now at the lowest level in 29 years.

We are taking the action that is needed to address climate change. Our renewal investment per capita is currently the highest in the world. We are in the middle of a renewable energy investment boom. That is the reason why we will also be meeting our Renewable Energy Target, which we committed to meet as a government. So whether it's emissions reduction or renewable energy our government has a plan, has committed to targets, is implementing our plan and will meet our targets. Our government are taking action on climate change, as we should, and we will continue to take that action in a responsible way where we don't have to sell out the jobs for the future to also ensure that we have the future of a clean and green environment.

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