Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The government will use revenue from the ETS to help all Australians, households and businesses, cope with costs and investing in cleaner energy options. An emissions trading scheme will impact on a range of prices in the economy, and this is necessary to transform the economy to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. But, as I said, we will be ensuring that we use the revenue to ensure that Australians, particularly low-income households, are given some protections from these issues.