Australians have defied global economic gravity.

The word 'cancer' carries with it enormous fear, fear for the future, fear for family.

You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.

Australians have defied global economic gravity.

As is widely accepted, putting a price on carbon pollution is the lowest cost and most efficient way to tackle dangerous climate change.

It's often the case that great artists - people like Bruce Springsteen - tend to pick up the subterranean rumblings of profound social change long before the economic statisticians notice them. Changes start long before they become statistics.

I want to ensure and the Government wants to ensure that Australia is well prepared to tackle dangerous climate change with a scheme which is both responsible and which meets our international commitments.