Our Government has declared a climate change emergency and today's Budget takes us a step closer towards confronting that emergency at the scale it needs. The Greens' longstanding policy is that the revenue from polluting companies should be used to fund a just transition to a low emissions economy. The Minister of Finance has said he plans to ring-fence and recycle the revenue from the emissions trading scheme so it can fund urgent action on climate change. That is hundreds of millions of dollars every year for climate action, guaranteed until we hit net zero emissions: billions over time. That truly is a response that can meet the scale of the challenge. 