Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Our policies are very clear about what we're seeking to do. We've set them out in a 130-or-thereabouts-page document, which I was happy to table earlier during question time.

I'm not surprised that the Labor Party doesn't support our policy, because you won't find any taxes in it. You won't find anything in there telling people what they have to do and what they're mandating. You won't find in there anyone banning anything or anyone trying to shut down any mines or tell farmers what to do on their land. You won't find any additional regulation in our policy. That's why Labor doesn't like it. You won't find any more red tape. You won't find anyone in there trying to get into people's lives and intervene in how they run their businesses. You won't find anything in this document which is seeking to punish rural and regional Australia, which is what would happen under the Labor Party, and you won't find in our policies contracting out the decisions that should be made about Australians, about the Australian way that will achieve these targets to those overseas, because that's what the Labor Party does. Under our policy we've got an Australian way to hit net zero emissions by 2050 that is based on technology, not taxes, that is based on choices, not mandates on the Australian people, binding them with legislation—sorry, I thought he was up again. He's been very lippy today.

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