Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I am delighted to get this question from the Leader of the Opposition because it gives me yet another opportunity to tell the House and to tell the Australian people that this government supports direct action. We do not support carbon taxes. Whether they are fixed taxes or floating taxes by way of an emissions trading scheme, we do not support carbon taxes. The great thing about the Direct Action Plan is that it is incentives and not penalties. We will never—

Mr Dreyfus interjecting—

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