QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator CHANDLER (Tasmania) (14:55): Labor's international agreement to end our second and third top exports was signed with just 23 other countries, none of whom are among our top 15 trading partners. Countries that signed the agreement represent under 10 per cent of global economic output. Why would the government sign an agreement which restricts our ability to use energy resources but allows 90 per cent of the world's economy to continue to use fossil fuels to take our jobs and our industries?