Cory Bernardi (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. Is the minister aware of a national survey that has found that 83 per cent of businesses intend to pass on the cost of Labor’s carbon tax through increased prices? Regardless of what price the minister and the government decide to put on carbon dioxide emissions, and regardless of how high the tax might be, can the minister admit that the evidence indicates that consumers and Australian families will inevitably be worse off?