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

an additional tax burden of $720 per year for Australian families. What the Leader of the Opposition stands for is imposing that additional $720 whilst electricity prices rise, whilst households go without compensation or assistance.

We stand for a different future: pricing carbon, certainty of investment, fair and generous assistance to households. That is what our scheme is all about. I would say to the Leader of the Opposition: it is time to put the politics aside and do something in the national interest. That is what we intend to do.

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