Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

What this government are about is ensuring that working people have a stake in the future. Those opposite are actually taking the view that they have no future. You are making an assumption that we can do nothing about climate change. You are working on the premise that, if you frighten people enough, nothing will be done about climate change. We know that not to be a policy that is viable. Jobs in Australia will continue to grow with a carbon price that incorporates appropriate assistance arrangements. We will get the necessary co-investment arrangements in place with new technologies and new processes implemented into the Australian economy and transform this society to deal with those challenges, maintain living standards and maintain high-wage, high-skilled jobs for the Australian people. (Time expired)