David Bradbury (Lindsay, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Treasurer ) Share this | Hansard source

Flinders. I hear him make a little interjection. He is a man who has all of the credibility you would expect from someone who wrote his PhD on pricing carbon to tackle climate change and then, when he gets a chance—

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Look, at least the member for North Sydney went into the shadow cabinet and put the case. He got rolled, but he put the case. The member for Flinders does not even know what he stands for. The bloke went through three years putting together a thesis. I would hate to think what he got for a mark, but he put in three years of effort and his conclusion was that, if you want to do this, the most effective and efficient way is to price carbon. Most people stick their hand up and run for parliament because they want to make a difference. They want to take their values and enshrine them in the law of the land. But some people—

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