Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

I am afraid we have yet another example of the contempt with which this opposition deals with these issues. We have a contemptuous attitude being displayed by this opposition to one of the most fundamental issues this society can face. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projects that global temperatures will increase within a range of 1.1 to 6.4 per cent of a degree by the end of the century. If that is not a matter of deep concern, I do not know what is. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics—