Senate debates
Monday, 30 November 2009
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2]
Adoption of Report
9:19 pm
Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source
The Labor Party have deserted working families. They have gone off on a little tirade. They have left behind the security of working families’ incomes. They have left behind the pensioners who have to pay for power. They have left behind the farmers who have to pay for the farm. The Labor Party do not care. They are belligerent. They are going to move to this scheme unilaterally, without any desire to entertain an investigation of its consequences on the working families of our nation. The Labor Party were going to ease the squeeze on working families, but what they are actually going to do with this piece of legislation is put working families out of work. This is how they ease the squeeze on working families: they remove them from their jobs. I concur with the remarks of Senator Abetz. We will not be supporting this amendment.
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