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

I move:

That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Warringah moving immediately—

That this House calls upon the Prime Minister to come clean with the Australian people, our forgotten families, the manufacturing sector, our exporters, our small businesses and our farmers and:

(1) own up to the following fact, that yes:

(a) she did say, five days before the last election, "there will be no carbon tax under the Government I lead";

(b) she did say, one day before the election, "I rule out a carbon tax";

(c) she did promise there would be no carbon tax without a "deep and lasting community consensus";

(d) around the world, our global competitors, Russia, Japan, Canada and the US, are walking away from the next round of Kyoto carbon-cuts; and

(2) that as Prime Minister, she should declare, "yes, I won’t introduce a carbon tax without first seeking a mandate at a new election".

It is necessary to suspend—

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