Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I understand why Labor are touchy, because they are doing the wrong thing against the national interest. We had Senator Pratt say that Labor have already removed the carbon tax. Then of course we had her successor, Senator-elect Bullock, go to Western Australia and say that Labor is voting to repeal the carbon tax, on the very same day that Labor was voting to keep it, here in this chamber. We had the truth-teller from Western Australia, Senator Bishop, out there saying that Labor should get rid of the carbon tax, but then, not to be outdone, the shadow minister, Mr Butler, on Sunday said:

We do support the abolition of the carbon tax.

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We voted to abolish the carbon tax in the Senate … So, we're not voting to support the carbon tax.

It is time that Labor stopped misleading the Australian people. If you are against the carbon tax, vote to get rid of it.