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

When it comes to factors about jobs in the tourism industry, of course there is the impact of climate change on iconic features like the Great Barrier Reef. Nothing is more important to the tourism industry in Queensland than the work that comes because of the Great Barrier Reef. That is why it is so important to take action on climate change and, when you take that action, to do it in the cheapest way possible, which is what the government is determined to do.

Some days the opposition walk into this parliament and say: 'Do nothing. Don't worry about climate change.' It appears from the questions we are getting today that this is a 'do nothing' day. They do not believe in doing anything on climate change today. All of that, apparently, is job destroying. Then on other days they come into this parliament and say they have a plan. Well, let us look at the cost of that plan: $1,300 ripped out of the pockets of working families, tax cuts taken away, family payment increases taken away—

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