Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Palmer United Party in the Senate told the Senate that it was on the advice of the Clerk that he had withdrawn his amendments. So let us be very clear, there is no concern here. The amendments need to be introduced in the House of Representatives before they can come to this place and, as a result, that is what the government will be seeking to facilitate next week, to ensure the repeal of the carbon tax. The Labor Party interjectors told the Australian people we would never have a carbon tax, then went to the last election with this brochure here, saying that the carbon tax had already been removed, and they are still voting to keep the carbon tax on life support. We had a technical issue today. We look forward to working with the crossbenchers next week to achieve our common goal of removing the carbon tax.