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

It wasn’t me! Excluding transport fuels from the emissions trading scheme would not provide incentives for the market to develop low-cost technologies, such as low-emissions vehicles and fuels, and hence would lower market efficiencies and shift the burden to other sectors. The government will take a careful and deliberate approach to finalising the scheme design, drawing on many sources of advice to achieve the best quality policy outcomes and minimise implementation risks. The government is mindful of a range of impacts that the emissions trading scheme will have on the community and will be designing measures to assist households, particularly low-income households, to adjust to the impact of carbon prices.