Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Minister for Finance, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:46): I've learnt a lot of things in my time in this place, and one is to make sure that, when questions like that are framed, it's always best to go and check the full context in which such analysis might have been given and such questions may have been answered. The PRESIDENT: Order, Senator Birmingham! Senator Waters, on a point of order? Senator Waters: President, I can read the quote from the bureau if the minister requires. The PRESIDENT: That's not a point of order, Senator Waters. I'll call the minister to continue. Senator Birmingham. Senator BIRMINGHAM: Clearly, it depends upon the types of assumptions that are being talked about. Obviously, in relation to climate science, as I said before, we follow the evidence in relation to the work of the bureau and other agencies in looking at projections of what outcomes may occur. A huge driving part of that relates not just to what Australia does but to what the rest of the world does in terms of their emissions profile as well. That's the driving reason behind our investment in technologies, because how you shift the whole world's emissions profile is how you actually tackle this issue, and you do it by achieving technological breakthroughs that ensure every country embraces lower emissions technology— (Time expired)