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

I am getting some help from the members of the government bench, who are of course referring to nations like Norway and Sweden. I ask the Leader of the Opposition to direct his attention to what is happening in Europe, what is happening in the UK, what is happening in California, what is happening in South Korea and what is happening in provinces in China. I ask him to direct his attention to that. I also ask him to explain—because I do not believe he ever has—why he stood alongside Prime Minister John Howard during the 2007 election when Prime Minister Howard promised one of the most comprehensive carbon pricing schemes in the world. Was that a different Tony Abbott or the same Tony Abbott? Was he telling the truth then or is he telling the truth now or is he just a political opportunist always?

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