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

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. If Labor's carbon tax has forced a significant additional rate increase upon one of Australia's most energy-efficient cities, what assurance can the government give that ratepayers in other cities and towns across the length and breadth of Australia will not have even greater rate increases forced upon them by this toxic tax based on the Prime Minister's lie?