Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Greenhouse Gas Emissions Greenhouse Gas Emissions The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD Legislative Council Greenhouse Gas Emissions The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (15:10): Thank you for your protection, Mr President. I have a supplementary question. Has the department done any work in estimating what difference South Australia's reduction in greenhouse gases will make to global temperatures? The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change Greenhouse Gas Emissions The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (15:10): Thank you, Mr President, for your kind guidance. I must respectfully advise you, sir, that I disagree with you. I do think the question was despicable and it did deserve a tirade in response. What sort of climate change denier do you have to be to get up in this place and suggest that we should not play our role in the global fight against global warming? What sort of a person has that sort of mentality, Mr President, who says, 'We don't need to pull our weight in this; let the rest of the world solve the problem. We're not part of it, let's just get on with what we do'? I think that is despicable. We are players in the world game against global warming. We are leaders, or used to be, and I say to you right now that it is the intention of the state Labor government to continue with that leadership.