Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I again remind those opposite that what the modelling shows is that with a carbon price the economy grows, incomes grow, jobs grow and emissions reduce from what they otherwise would be. The simple facts do not fit the scare campaign that those opposite continue to run. It is a sad thing when we see a party so addicted to opposing that they do not even want to look at the facts. Jobs grow, the economy grows and incomes continue to grow with a carbon price. That is why they used to support this policy. Under a different leader, when they actually had a brief moment of responsibility and cared about the future of this nation and cared about the next generation of Australians, they too used to support pricing carbon.