Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

So, time and again, the Australian public have indicated that they want the carbon tax scrapped, and today the Senate scrapped the carbon tax.

But someone is not listening, and that is the Leader of the Opposition. He refuses to listen to the Australian public. I can tell Bill we will hang this around his neck like a rotten, stinking carcass right through to election day at the end of 2016. You have given the coalition a whole new lease of life, Bill, because we can now tell the Australian public with great confidence that if they vote Labor at the next election the carbon tax will be reintroduced—the job-destroying, price-rising carbon tax that cost Julia Gillard her prime ministership, Kevin Rudd his prime ministership the first time and arguably the second time, and it is going to cost you the prime ministership of Australia. I will tell you who is pleased about that: Chris Bowen, sitting right behind you, member for Maribyrnong. He is waiting for you to fall over on the carbon tax, just like your predecessors. And I am looking forward to that day.

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