Ms Gillard said the Parliament had been debating climate change for decades and most Australians now agreed the world was warming.
That was caused by carbon pollution and the best way to make the polluters pay was to put a price on carbon, she said.
"Today we move from words to deeds," she told Parliament.
The package of bills will establish a fixed $23-a-tonne price on carbon pollution from mid-2012.
An emissions trading scheme with a floating price will begin three years later.
There will be compensation for most households and big business to help them adjust.
A separate piece of legislation will support steel workers through a $300 million transformation plan.
The government today will also refer its carbon price legislation to a joint parliamentary inquiry, which is scheduled to report back by early October. Read the full report here.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
