Claire Moore (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Minchin, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Is the minister aware that four government MPs have today stated in the dissenting report of a parliamentary inquiry into geosequestration that they do not believe that human activity is contributing to global warming? Don’t the four MPs claim:

Most of the public statements—

by political leaders—

that promote the dangerous human warming scare are made from a position of ignorance.

Don’t these MPs, led by the member for Tangney, cite as evidence for their scepticism that warming has been observed on the planets Pluto and Neptune? Does the minister support this analysis, given his public scepticism about climate change? Isn’t the government’s refusal to acknowledge the science of climate change the reason why it has done nothing to combat climate change during 11 years in office?