Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The Treasurer today quoted from one of my press releases yesterday: 'Carbon tax—another Wayne Swan lie'—which is true.

Wayne Swan is so deluded by Labor's carbon tax he can't even get his sums right—

which is true.

The Treasurer claims the carbon tax represents just a tiny fraction in the rise of electricity prices.

He said:

"Well the carbon price is only a tiny fraction of the rise in electricity prices in NSW."

I argued the case against this and said:

… except this is yet another Labor lie—

which it is—

If Wayne Swan had bothered to punch the numbers into his calculator he would have realised the price increases due to Labor’s carbon tax make up almost half of the total price rise for NSW electricity customers.

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