Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Firstly, our government is taking effective action on climate change. We are on track to meet and exceed our emissions reduction targets for 2020 agreed to in Kyoto. We have a plan to meet our emissions reduction targets agreed to in Paris.

In relation to some of these other matters, I point out again that commissioners and chief fire officers within each state and territory jurisdiction determine the type and base location of aerial firefighting assets based on the assessed bushfire risk. That is obviously an operational judgement. The National Aerial Firefighting Program continues to represent value for money, particularly in light of the release of the Australian seasonal bushfire outlook. The outlook shows above normal fire potential across Australia following on from a very warm and dry start to the year. This year the Australian government contributed $14.983 million to the National Aerial Firefighting Centre— (Time expired)