Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Against that history—and the member for Indi is making a contribution of the quality she is known for in this parliament; that is, none—in this new parliament we are seizing the opportunities of this new parliament to build a consensus within the parliament to price carbon. For those who are concerned about the national interest, which lies in ensuring that our economy is a low-pollution economy that can be a prosperous economy in a carbon constrained future—so for those who are concerned about that question—there is an opportunity for them to express their views and to help this nation maximise its future economic prosperity by getting on board with the discussions happening in the Multi-Party Climate Change Committee. But we know, of course, the Leader of the Opposition will not elect to do that, because, to the increasing dismay of his own backbench, his own political strategy is wreck, destroy, spread fear and his own backbenchers—like the member for Higgins—are calling him out on it.

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