Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the New South Wales Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal report which found that electricity prices will rise by 60 per cent in New South Wales, with one-third of this massive price hike due to the government’s emissions trading scheme—its great big tax. As this represents $228 on an average annual household electricity bill of $1138—a 20 per cent mark-up—how can the Prime Minister maintain that his great big tax is a good deal for Australians under enormous financial pressure?

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