Senator ROBERTS (Queensland) (17:55): There we have it—emotion and hyperbole but not one bit of science. In serving the people of Queensland and Australia, I want to firstly point out that the Greens last week wanted to declare a climate emergency because New Zealand did—not because of the science but because New Zealand did. The Greens wanted to declare a climate emergency because Japan did, yet Japan is building coal-fired power stations hand over fist. Now the Greens want to pledge to increase 2030 targets in line with the science. Listen to what the CSIRO has divulged. I asked them: where's the danger? They said they have never said there is any danger due to the human production of carbon dioxide—never—and they said they never would. If so, why the policy? Why the Greens rants? Secondly, the CSIRO admitted that today's temperatures are not unprecedented. That means we didn't cause the mild warming, that cyclical natural warming that ended in 1995—and it's been flat since. Ultimately the CSIRO relied not on empirical scientific data; it relied on climate models—invalidated and already proven wrong. What's more, the reliance on models means that they have got no empirical scientific evidence. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator McGrath ): Excuse me, Senator Roberts. Senator Rice on a point of order? Senator Rice: The senator is actively misleading the chamber. He is totally misrepresenting the CSIRO's climate science in his contribution this afternoon. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: There is no point of order; that is a debating point. Senator Roberts. Senator ROBERTS: What's more, in the last few months, we have made videos and consulted with 17 eminent scientists, including those who have worked with NASA's data, worked at senior levels of the USA administration or been contributors and lead authors to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, including renowned climatologists, world experts in their fields; experts on sea levels; experts on atmospheric gases; atmospheric physicists; mathematicians; former senior Bureau of Meteorology meteorologists; geologists with international awards; a former CSIRO senior researcher; the first and only auditor of the Global Historical Climatology Network; and the climate modellists. This is not a matter of urgency; it is a matter of integrity. It defines the Greens as the deniers of science. (Quorum formed) So where's the science? I asked the Greens that on Monday 9 September 2019. It's been 445 days since I asked them to provide the empirical evidence proving that carbon dioxide from human activity affects climate—445 days of zero, 445 days since I challenged them to debate me. It was Senator Waters and Senator Di Natale at the time—zero. It's been 10 years since I first challenged Senator Waters in public, in Brisbane on 7 October 2010, to debate me on the science and on the corruption of science—zero. It's been almost five years since I did it again in June 2016. There's no science from the Greens, and they rely on a motion and rants because this is not a matter of urgency; it is a matter lacking integrity. It defines the Greens as deniers of science. Why? All because Maurice Strong pushed this nonsense. The fundamental cause for propagating the lies about science is due to human weakness, gutless politicians afraid of differing from a false majority. Here's how he did it. In 1972 the United Nations environmental program started, with Maurice Strong as leader. In 1976 there was a ban on DDT. In 2006 the World Health Organization reinstated DDT's use. Forty to 50 million people died because of Maurice Strong. In 1980, Villach, Austria; in 1985, Villach, Austria again. These are the times when Maurice Strong hand-picked— Senator Whish-Wilson: Acting Deputy President, a point of order on relevance: I know you allow a fair bit of latitude in these debates, but Senator Roberts talking about DDT on a motion about climate change is, I feel, not relevant to this debate. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Bilyk ): Senator Whish-Wilson, that's not a point of order. Senator ROBERTS: It is not a point of order, because it goes to the heart of the UN. It is a corrupt, antihuman organisation. It is in line because it is not a matter of urgency; it is a matter lacking integrity. It defines the Greens. Their action, in line with the science, means: do nothing.