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

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to the annual survey of the CEO Forum, which indicates that 41 per cent of respondents are less likely to invest in Australia now than they were 12 to 18 months ago and highlights the carbon tax as their top target for reform or abolition. I further refer the minister to concerns from the Business Council of Australia that the government may be about to artificially inflate its carbon tax through changes to international trading rules. Will the government heed these concerns from those responsible for the employment of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Australians and rule out imposing additional carbon tax costs on Australian businesses?