Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Minister for Finance, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:11): The Prime Minister has already publicly responded to the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's sixth report. The Prime Minister has acknowledged the importance of the report in continuing to inform Australia's efforts in delivering emissions reductions—our successful efforts, as a nation, in delivering emissions reductions—and the importance of unified global action in dealing with emissions. The government looks forward to the opportunities that will be provided by the conference of the parties at Glasgow later this year to discuss the type of progress that is being made in Australia and around the world and the commitments for the future. We look forward to the fact that we can talk about Australia's emissions reductions, some 20 per cent emissions reductions since 2005. Opposition senators interjecting— Senator BIRMINGHAM: I hear the interjections from those opposite, saying, 'How embarrassing!' By comparison, our 20 per cent stands alongside a one per cent reduction in Canada, a 10 per cent reduction in Japan, a four per cent reduction in New Zealand or a 13 per cent reduction in the United States. I make those comparisons not to criticise any of those nations but to highlight for those opposite and those who, in the debate in Australia, seek to paint a proposition that Australia somehow does not achieve emissions reductions that in fact our countries has. Our country has done so, in part, due to the motivation of the Australian people as well. One in four Australian households have rooftop solar, the highest rate of uptake in the world. Last year, Australia saw some seven gigawatts of renewable energy capacity installed in our country, nearly eight times faster than the global average per person. It is this momentum that we intend to continue to pursue, and it is absolutely our commitment to make sure we continue to meet and beat those targets in the future. The PRESIDENT: Senator Wong, a supplementary question?