David Bradbury (Lindsay, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

what was reported in the Parramatta Advertiser, but I will read from that article. It says:

As general manager of the family sheet metal manufacturing company, started by his father Clive in 1966, Mr McMaster has survived tough times by careful management.

It goes on:

When federal shadow minister for industry Sophie Mirabella and Liberal western Sydney Senator Marise Payne came a-knocking to tell him the downsides of the government's planned carbon tax, Mr McMaster seemed more concerned over land and payroll taxes.

"It all adds up, I suppose, but I don't think the carbon tax will have the same impact on me as land tax"—

Mr McMaster says. He goes on:

"I pay $30,000 a year in land tax and $6000 a month payroll tax, which means I have to work one month a year to pay that.

The article also says:

"Everyone has a different opinion (on carbon tax) but I don't see it impacting too much," Mr McMaster said.

But Ms Mirabella and Senator Payne told him that "every time you switch on a light, you will be paying".

So don't worry about what Mr McMaster thinks; Ms Mirabella and Senator Payne are going to tell him what the impact is going to be. That is what you do when you visit a business and the questions you ask do not deliver the answers that you are looking for: you start to put words in people's mouths. In the article Ms Mirabella goes on to say:

"Predictions of how the tax will affect people—

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