Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr President. But Mr Abbott’s policy would actually see Australia’s emissions increase by 13 per cent by 2020. What is the point of a climate change policy that actually does nothing about climate change? That is Mr Abbott’s policy. The fact is that we know you have to put a price on pollution if you are going to tackle climate change.