Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

The government, indeed, has confidence in the Bureau of Meteorology, in the CSIRO, in our agencies who provide advice and information to government, and in the agencies whose analysis has demonstrated that not only has Australia met and exceeded the commitments we made under the second Kyoto commitment period but we're on track to meet and exceed the commitments we've made under the Paris Agreement. I realise that these are facts that are 'inconvenient truths' for the Australian Greens, if I can use that phrase, but the evidence is very clear that Australia has achieved what many other nations have not to date, and that is, within our country, through domestic action, be able to meet and exceed the commitments that we have made.