George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. I take it from the minister's answer that she concedes the public cannot be confident. Given that the outlook of the Australian economy is becoming increasingly insecure as the result of the policies and performance of her government, with slower than expected growth, weak retail trade, falling property prices and low business confidence, isn't now the worst possible time to impose the world's biggest carbon tax that will drive up the cost of everything?