Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister, who is someone who might be able to answer the question, unlike the minister opposite. I refer her to the comments by the Minister for Resources and Energy that the carbon tax could 'fall over' if the Greens do not agree to compensation for the coal industry. With this minister admitting that the coal industry will be threatened by a carbon tax and Jennie George joining Paul Howes in warning against a carbon tax on the steel industry, is it not time that the Prime Minister settled the divisions and the uncertainty by asking the Australian people what they think at an election?

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