Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

He gets all hot and bothered, says Senator Carr—that is quite a good interjection. My point is that we have had a number of debates in this chamber where I and other government ministers and senators have put very clearly the government’s view that we do need to price carbon. We need to do so to ensure that the costs of climate change are factored into economic decision making. We are keen to work through the multiparty committee, on which your political party is represented, Senator Ludlam, about the best way to put in place that important economic reform.