Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

The Turnbull government accepts the science of climate change. We take our advice from the Chief Scientist, the CSIRO, the Bureau of Meteorology, the Department of the Environment and Energy as well as leading world scientific organisations such as the World Meteorological Organization. According to the World Meteorological Organization, global average temperatures have increased by almost one degree since the start of the industrial revolution; 2015 was the warmest year on record for the globe. According to the CSIRO, Australia's climate has also warmed by around one degree since 1910. Eight of the 10 years of Australia's warmest years on record have occurred since 2002, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

The reality of climate change is why we are a party to strong global action to reduce emissions. It is why we are delivering the types of policies that are sensibly meeting and exceeding our emissions reduction targets, as I outlined in response to Senator Di Natale before, but doing so in a way that is far more focused on the protection also of jobs in our economy while reducing our emissions. (Time expired)