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

Here they are, all cocky and jumping up and down. Of course we are keeping the carbon tax. Their shadow minister Mr Butler went on television to say:

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

and you, here in this chamber, did the exact opposite. Of course, families across Australia could be saving $550 a year, on average—a lower cost of living—at a time when people could very much do with that help. Household average electricity bills would be around $200 lower than they otherwise would be.