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

The senator should be aware of the action which is already being taken by some of the countries which he has referenced and many other countries that he has not refer­enced. China is leading the world in the production and installation of renewable—

Senator Bernardi interjecting—

Senator Bernardi, I know you do not believe in this issue and so any time somebody says something different you just want to shout them down, but the reality is that China is acting, as are other countries. The position of the opposition is untenable because what they are saying is: 'We believe this is a problem, but someone else can fix it. We believe this is a problem, but we don't want to have to do anything about it. We believe this is a problem, but we're not going to put our shoulder to the wheel. We believe this is a problem, but all we will do is fearmonger and scaremonger.' This is the position of the alternative government, and it is, frankly, a shameful position, a position that people like Mr Turnbull are rightly critical of.

Honourable senators interjecting—