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

Now I note that the Labor Party—and I'm sure the Greens would agree, because they joined together on this matter yesterday—are talking about what the member describes as a 'climate emergency'. I note that in response to a climate emergency the Leader of the Opposition is going to say that we will know Labor's response sometime between October 2021 and March 2022. He said in a doorstop interview today:

Obviously, the first chance that we have to be elected to office will be after the next election, sometime between October 2021 and March 2022, is when I expect it to be.

That's the window. So at that point in time … it will be much worse if the government doesn't actually have an energy policy.

He talked about that. So they will develop a comprehensive policy at that time. I would like to know what their policy is. If it's such an emergency, as they say, they should be able to say what their policy is. (Time expired)

Mr Albanese interjecting—

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