Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given the serious deficiencies identified in the carbon tax by the ESAA, won't this undermine electricity security, the very threat of which leads to business uncertainty and to job losses? What contingency plan does that do not have to deal with the system reliability concerns in energy with suppliers so as to protect Australian jobs and businesses?