Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate calls on the Government to task the Department of the Treasury with modelling the cost of achieving greenhouse gas emission cuts of 40 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020 and to present the information to the Senate by 11 August 2009.

Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—The Rudd government has already undertaken the largest economic modelling exercise in Australia’s history. Given that fact, the government does not intend to undertake further modelling and believes it is now time to get on with the huge job of reducing Australia’s emissions.

Question agreed to.

Kerry O'Brien (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—The government would and did vote against this motion. We recognise that the Greens and the opposition together are voting it for and therefore the numbers go with the motion.