Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

They had the opportunity to vote out the carbon tax and they did not take it. Labor says one thing and does the opposite. Of course the longer Labor persists with this kind of deception and dishonesty we will have Western Australian people paying more than $600 million a year in carbon tax costs—costs for families, costs for doing business in Western Australia, costs they cannot afford and costs our economy cannot afford but which Western Australian Labor senators are obviously dedicated to keeping.

The coalition was elected with a mandate to get rid of the carbon tax. The voters have spoken! They want the carbon tax axed. They want to get rid of it. Labor has the opportunity now to make sure that that mandate can be delivered. Save the people of Western Australia, the struggling families, this unnecessary cost. Don't talk about doing it when you are seeking election and then do the opposite when you have the opportunity.

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