Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1) 53 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Climate Council Climate Council The Hon. R.I. LUCAS Legislative Council Climate Council The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (14:57): Supplementary arising from the original answer: given the minister's criticism of the federal government's abolition of the carbon tax, does he support the reintroduction of the carbon tax? The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Climate Council The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (14:58): I, like most leaders around the world, know that we have to price carbon in some way. Whether it is a cap-and-trade exercise or some other market-based mechanism, that is the way of driving down emissions into the future.