Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I remind the Minister for Climate Change and Water that a majority of Australians now wish to have the legislation deferred until after Copenhagen. Will the minister confirm that none of our top three major trading partners—China, Japan and the United States—will have an emissions trading scheme in place before the Copenhagen meeting?