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

No, I am not aware of the particular survey to which the senator refers. But I would say this: those on the other side do come into this place and go out to the public and make the assertion which was implicit in the question—that other countries are not acting. That is untrue. Some 89 countries, accounting for over 80 per cent of global emissions and 90 per cent of the global economy, have pledged to reduce or limit their carbon pollution by 2020. Australia's top five trading partners—China, Japan, the US, Republic of Korea and India—and another six of our top 20 trading partners have implemented or are piloting carbon trading or taxation schemes. China has the world's largest installed renewable energy electricity generation capacity, and India has a tax on coal. (Time expired)