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

Senator, I can tell you that the government is committed to renewable energy. We are committed to renewable energy, we are committed to emissions reduction and we are committed to policies that actually deliver real outcomes. That is why you referred to the Prime Minister's speech in Paris.

That is why, in his speech in Paris, the Prime Minister committed Australia to the second-most ambitious emissions reduction target per capita of any G20 nation: an emissions reduction target of 2005 levels by 2030 of 52 per cent per capita. That is the second-most ambitious of any of the G20 nations.

That is a responsible climate policy. It is a responsible climate policy—unlike yours, Senator Di Natale—which proposes 90 per cent renewable energy without costing the policy, without indicating who would pay for the policy—