Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Is it true that a week out from the election day the Prime Minister declared that there would be ‘no carbon tax under the government I lead’? Is it also true that the very day before the election, when a hung parliament was touted as a possibility, the Prime Minister stated categorically: ‘I rule out a carbon tax?’ Why has the Prime Minister decided to junk these solemn promises to the Australian people?