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

Firstly, the opposition continue to ignore the substantial number of free permits which the government is providing to highly carbon exposed industries, for the very reasons I have outlined—they continue to ignore that. The second point I made is this: if those opposite care about the effect on the economy, why are they supporting a policy to achieve the same outcome which will cost Australian families more—$1,300 more in extra tax to be paid by Australian households? That is what they support. Why do they want to support a policy which will impose a greater cost on Australians and a greater cost on the Australian economy? That is the reality and that is the question they never want to answer. Mr Turnbull has made clear time and time again what is wrong with the opposition's policy. It does not work, it is too expensive, but most of all it hits working families with extra tax.