Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. The minister clearly did not understand the question. Why, even after Labor's decision to link the carbon tax to the European scheme, are European manufacturers of watches, ships, pleasure craft, sporting goods, brooms, brushes, chemicals and fertilisers protected from the impact of their carbon price, while manufacturers of these same goods in Australia are not? Why are European manufacturers of work wear, outerwear and underwear deserving of free carbon permits under the European scheme, while their competitors in Australia are not, under Labor's carbon tax—the biggest carbon tax in the world?