House debates Questions without Notice
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
2:17 pm
There has been now decades of science and advice on climate change that it is real. I support responding to the science of climate change, which does represent a challenge but also represents an enormous opportunity, because where we are positioned in Australia is that, because of the transition that is occurring globally when it comes to climate action, we have the critical minerals and rare earths that will go into all of the products that will make a difference. We also have amongst the best solar resources in the sky. We also have the opportunity to act—because there is a cost of inaction as well. What we are seeing, not least in the great state of Queensland, which the member represented in the other place, is increasing numbers and frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Now, all of those—
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