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

My response is that there is no getting away from the fact that the cheapest and most effective way of transforming our economy for a clean energy future is through a market based mechanism. Every member of the Liberal Party, including the Leader of the Opposition, went to the 2007 election on that pledge. They believed it then and, indeed, many of them believe it now, even though they have followed the Leader of the Opposition down his cheap and populist path.

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