Senate debates
Monday, 7 November 2011
Bills
Clean Energy Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge — General) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Auctions) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Fixed Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Customs) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Excise) Bill 2011, Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011, Climate Change Authority Bill 2011; In Committee
1:05 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source
I will take the interjection that that is wrong. He is basically telling the Treasury and the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency—apolitical public servants—that their advice is wrong and that he, Senator Williams, the National Party senator for New South Wales, is right. You are imposing higher costs on businesses through your policy, including your refusal to allow international trading. You would not do that if you did care about costs on businesses.
The second point on that I make is that you would support the MRRT because that actually will provide a tax cut to companies and small business. The Liberal Party is opposed in a multispeed economy to miners paying more tax and other companies, including the agricultural sector, paying less tax. You want to come in here and lecture us about business costs? Have a look at your own policy position.
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