Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I remind the Deputy Leader of the Opposition of her statement in September 2008:

The Liberal Party has a policy of both protecting the planet and protecting Australia. We support, in principle, an Emissions Trading Scheme …

That was the position of the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. So what I cannot quite explain when she comes into this parliament with that question is: why did she vote yesterday against her position? Why did she betray the position that she said was the position of the Liberal Party? Why did she do that—betray the Liberal Party with her vote?

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