Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a second supplementary question. Given that Tasmanian businesses such as Nyrstar and Cement Australia particularly rely on this form of shipping, that Rio Tinto and BHP TEMCO are both under review, that our farming sector is already being hit as a result of the anticipated carbon tax, that Tasmania is on the verge of recession under the yoke of the local Labor-Greens government and that the majority of Tasmanian industry is dependent on coastal shipping, why is the federal government intent on putting Tasmanian businesses under even more pressure?