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

Yes, I am aware of that proposition, and I make this point in response. Firstly, I have already responded in my previous answer to some of the assertions made in the first part of the question. Yet again the opposition insist on putting matters they regard as facts, which are disputed and are not correct, to me in questions.

On the issue of the $287 billion, if the opposition are proposing that the best way to tackle climate change is to raise $287 billion and to purchase power stations, they might want to indicate how they would fund it. The answer to that question is taxpayers, which is why their scheme involves slugging Australian families, Australian households and Australian taxpayers—or potentially Australian small business; they have not made it clear— (Time expired)