Scott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Fair Competition) Share this | Hansard source

Apart from you, Senator Abetz, I hear crickets from the other side of the house—the deafening silence of truth. The truth is that they are only interested in the tax grab.

The compensation is nothing more than a con. As well as it being a con that you are going to introduce compensation for a tax you are introducing, you know that the carbon price is meant to rise. You know that this carbon tax is meant to increase in price, so the compensation you allegedly are promising—a worthless promise for people tomorrow—will be worth nothing in two or three years time as you jack up the carbon price. This government will be condemned by the Australian people.

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