Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Employment) (14:12): In fact, a very strong case can be made that Australia's carbon tax has made the CO2emissions in the world so much worse. That is the perverse outcome of this carbon tax, because what has occurred is the exporting of a lot of Australian manufacturing, under clean environmental rules in this country, having been costed out of the business, moving to countries such as China where the CO2output is so much greater. Whilst Australia can boast—if we call it that—of a 0.1 per cent reduction courtesy of the carbon tax, we know that as a result of manufacturing deserting Australia those CO2emissions are occurring elsewhere in the world—exactly the same experience as Europe has had with its ETS and manufacturing going over to Africa. Senator EDWARDS ( South Australia ) ( 14:14 ) I have a further supplementary question, Mr President. What is the minister's response to reports that Australia's total contribution to the planet's human-caused carbon output is in the realm of 1.4 per cent? Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Employment) ( 14:14 ) Australia's contribution of 1.4 per cent in general terms is relatively small, one would have thought, by anybody's standards. But it would be fair to say that, per capita, it is relatively high. But you know one of the important things—and Senator Collins might be interested in this—is we are the most efficient producers of wheat and dairy product for the world. We in fact feed millions of people around the world each year. Yes, in producing the wheat, in producing the dairy produce, we do in fact increase our CO2emissions; but, when you take into account the good that that does for the world's food tasks, one can only accept that it is in fact for the betterment of humanity at large. I would invite those opposite to take those sorts of considerations into account when they are seeking to destroy our economy and jobs. (Time expired)