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

Keep shouting, Senator Cormann, because really you have nothing to say. As you go around Australia continuing to peddle this scare campaign, I challenge you to be honest with the Australian people and say: ‘We try to walk on both sides of the street. We actually do want to reduce emissions, but we’re going to pretend we don’t for the purposes of running this scare campaign.’ I challenge you to be up-front with Australians that your policy is going to cost some $30 billion—nearly three times more than you told them at the last election—some $720 per Australian family. Those are the facts when it comes to your policy, Senator.