Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

We will listen to the advice, through our consultations, particularly from key business groups, who have made it clear that certainty is key to how we respond to climate change and that delay would simply increase uncertainty. We know on this side that there will never be an easy time to transition to a low-pollution economy, which is vital to Australia’s future. But we on this side are prepared to do the hard yards, to do the work to strike the right balance and to put in place a scheme that will do what we told the Australian people we would do before the election—that is, respond to climate change, because we understand it is in Australia’s best interests now and into the future for us to do so.