EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME

Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (15:35): My question is for the Premier. When will Labor's white paper on an emissions trading scheme be released, and has it been delayed beyond the date of the Frome by-election?

The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change) (15:35): Tell me: are they now worried about losing a Liberal safe seat? Seriously, that is a bizarre question. What I will be doing is what I announced before the Frome by-election. Do not criticise Labor for the Frome by-election; it was all your own work. There does not need to be a by-election in Frome; it is all your own work.

What I will be doing is fighting to secure the jobs of Nystar workers. I was involved in discussions long before the by-election was caused by one of your own members. You have just discovered the issue; that is why you went there on Monday; and that is why you have contradicted yourself three times in two days.