Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Of course, the Prime Minister said, fundamentally, that there will be no carbon tax under a government she leads. My question is: given that the carbon tax is expected to raise about $27.5 billion in its first three years of operation without any reduction in carbon emissions, will the minister admit that the carbon tax is simply another revenue raiser to pay for the Gillard government's bloated and excessive spending?