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

We have made it clear that the accounting for the carbon price will be made in the budget when those final decisions have been made regarding the carbon price mechanism. We have indicated that it will be broadly budget neutral, but the details will be provided in future budgets once the parliament has had the opportunity to consider the legislation and to consider the arrangements we put in place to try and compensate families from the impact of a new price on carbon. We have made it very clear how we will pursue those arrange­ments. We are working through the detail. The legislation will come before parliament. When all that is finalised those matters will be reflected in the budget papers, as one would expect. We are very determined to try make sure that we tackle, once and for all, this very, very difficult issue, but one that needs to be tackled. (Time expired)