Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Would the minister explain how Australia having a carbon tax many multiples of those globally applied—to use the minister's own words—preserves the competitiveness of Australian industry? How can the minister continue to turn a blind eye to the impact of incorrect assumptions about global carbon pricing when these errors will have a real impact on the competitiveness of Australian industry, jobs, cost of living and the Australian budget?