Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

It just so happens that he is the deputy chairman of the committee that recommended a carbon tax, yet he did not want to be there. But do not be too hard on the committee. The committee was made up of seven people, four of whom were either chairs or deputy chairs. Everyone got a job except the Treasurer. The job that he had was to explain a tax to the Australian people, and the Treasurer went missing.

Well now we have a suspension of standing orders that allows the Prime Minister not to talk about what happened yesterday, not to talk about what happened previously, but to back up her announcement from last week that she is introducing a carbon tax that will harm every Australian family.

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