Media Release
Today I
spoke in the Australian Parliament on the need for real action on
climate change – watch
it here.
There is no doubt that our earth is warming and our seas
rising – or that humankind is the cause.
And if we do not act, the consequences will be
severe.
Governments of the world, both progressive and
conservative, are making their choice clear.
Today, 39 national and 23 sub-national jurisdictions
have implemented or are on track to implement carbon pricing
instruments, including emissions trading schemes.
But the Abbott Government’s staggering display of
blustering arrogance and craven incompetence in the Senate has made
one thing abundantly clear.
Only one political party in Australia has a serious,
substantial and credible climate change policy – the Australian Labor
Party.
Labor believes the science and will continue to
fight for real action on climate change – for an emissions trading
scheme.
It is the policy we took to the last election, and it
is what our amendments moved again in the Parliament today will
deliver.
Inaction will be a disaster for the Australian economy
and our environment.
It will be a disaster that guarantees Tony Abbott will
be remembered forever for his environmental vandalism.
Bill Shorten
Leader of the Opposition
Leader of the Opposition
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