Paul Neville (Hinkler, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

We have had the members for Wide Bay and Wright tell us that they had trouble getting access to the amendments.

I have a good relationship with the TWU, as Tony Sheldon will tell you. He has been a good supporter of the work I have done on transport over the years. He said, on 11 July last year:

Under the carbon tax, drivers will be forced to do longer hours, sweat their trucks further, have less maintenance, and that means more deaths.

That is saying that there are factors other than remuneration. That was quite a sobering quote. On the Nine Network on the same night, he said:

How are we going to meet the extra $100 to $200 a week when this tax starts smacking truck drivers right in the teeth?

It is a very worrying thing. It is not as simplistic as the government want us to believe. Along with the shadow minister at the table, I oppose these amendments.

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