Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I make no apology for the fact that we are going to use the revenue raised from the 1,000 largest polluters in our economy to give back and assist households and other climate change programs, and I have said that consistently. I have said it in terms of industry, said it in terms of renewable energy, said it in terms of all our responsibilities. Yet again, this is simply part of the scare campaign that those opposite are running because they do not have any alternative policy framework whatsoever.

We on this side of the House will concentrate on getting the fundamentals right in our economy and for the future. We will put our hand up to do the difficult things that are required in the economy to support jobs and to reduce carbon pollution. Those on that side of the House will just continue to be negative, with no alternative policy whatsoever. For them to come into this House and claim that they have got some knowledge or some expertise is simply incredible. They have come into the House and described the global financial crisis as a hiccup. They have come into this House and said there was another hiccup—

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