Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Not only would the coalition’s so-called direct action plan increase the budget black hole; it will also leave the average Australian family some $720 worse off. That is because your plan takes from taxpayers and gives to polluters, with very little environmental gain. It is inefficient. That is $720 per year that the average Australian family will be worse off under your policy. So, next time you do one of your stunts and go along to a fruit stall, picking up apples and saying, ‘Oh, these will be more expensive,’ why don’t you tell the truth and say, ‘What we’re actually going to do is put our hands into the wallets and the purses—