Scott Buchholz (Wright, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to a statement by the new Labor Senator Alex Gallacher that a carbon tax on diesel fuel will force truckies to 'go broke or cut corners'. Additionally, the Western Australian secretary for the TWU, Paul Aslan, said: 'Truck drivers cart every darn thing in this country. Don't people realise how important they are?' With the forgotten families of Australia already struggling under the rising costs of living, why is the Prime Minister introducing a carbon tax that will push transport costs even higher and flow through to higher prices for everything?

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