David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer the minister to a press release today from Nyrstar, a zinc smelter, which states that its viability and that of its 3,250 workers in Hobart and Port Pirie are threatened by the minister’s proposed emissions trading scheme. Given the explicit nature of Nyrstar’s statement, how can the minister continue to deny that this ill-considered and hasty emissions trading scheme will cost thousands of Australian jobs?