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

Last time I looked, Air Asia does not fly from Adelaide to Canberra. It does fly in Malaysia, where my family is from, and my father has flown it. But Air Asia is an international carrier and, as I said in my first answer, the carbon price will not apply to the international business of Qantas. In relation to the domestic sector, the carbon price is applied across the board. So in terms of competitiveness there is no change as between Qantas and Virgin.

Once again, we have complete economic illogic from the opposition. What they probably should do today is explain to Australians how much more tax, under them, Australians will pay through the $1,300 on all Australian households for their picking-winner carbon policy or explain what they will cut in services and what they will cut in Medicare for their $70 billion black hole. We wait to hear what they will do. (Time expired)