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

I can confirm for the Leader of the Opposition that our carbon pricing scheme will enable us to reach our minus five per cent target by 2020, which, from the Leader of the Opposition's earlier statements, I had understood was a target the opposition shared.

I also say to the Leader of the Opposition, who is obviously very interested in these questions today, that he may want to reflect on some of the material from the emissions trading scheme, the carbon price he was in favour of. He may want to reflect on how he stood for election in 2007 with the coalition's climate change policy saying that its scheme will lead to higher fuel and energy costs for households, which is something he was very much in favour of then. But, interestingly, there is no mention of assistance for Australian families. That is the difference between us. We support carbon pricing and he supported carbon pricing, but we support it with assistance and he does not.

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