Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As I made clear to Senator Brandis in the answer to the primary question, the question of distributing revenue from a carbon tax to members of the Australian community through a taxation mechanism is a live option. But we are not playing the game of rule-in rule-out. You are asking us to play the game of rule-in rule-out. We are not playing that game. What I can assure the Australian public of is that this government will ensure that the revenue that comes from the tax on Australia’s big polluters will be distributed in the community to assist those individuals and businesses to adapt to the new environment, as the economy moves to a cleaner energy environment. What we do know is that the Liberal Party have committed to take away that compensation. They have committed to remove any compensation given to Australian families and pensioners. That is what we do know.