Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

The wrecking ball is back. The python is back. The wrecking ball and the python are back. There is an article that the Leader of the Opposition often refers to. But if you read past the misleading headline of the article—and I understand that for those opposite reading is not in their nature, other than reading the front pages of the Australian, as if that is research—what you find is a government committed to supporting jobs and the transition to a low-carbon economy. The response of those opposite is to bury their heads in the sand. Putting a price on carbon and starting the transition now is the most cost-effective and fair way of reducing pollution—and those opposite know it. The clean energy future package represents one of the most important industry and innovation policies this nation has ever seen. It will drive a deep economic transformation. (Time expired)