George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

The people listening to this broadcast, if there are any, would not understand from your question the truth that as a result of the Australian government's targets, arrived at during the period of Mr Abbott's prime ministership and adopted by Mr Turnbull, Australia is making the largest per capita emissions cuts in the world. We are committing to a target that involves the largest per capita emissions reductions in the world. Those emissions reductions will halve per capita emissions. By 2030 emissions reductions on a 2005 baseline will be, per capita, half of what they were. That is the contribution Australia is taking to the Paris climate change conference. It is a contribution that Australia should be very proud of, one of the most ambitious targets—in fact, per capita, the most ambitious target—in the world. (Time expired)