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

It is so important to remove the carbon tax—

Senator Lines interjecting—

For Senator Lines's information, it is so important because the Labor Party went to the election in 2010 promising that there would be no carbon tax and then went to the 2013 election saying that they had already removed the carbon tax. The Labor Party did the exact opposite of that which they promised the Australian people. But, setting aside that hypocrisy, let me get to Senator Back's question.

The carbon tax is a blot on our economy. It is hitting holes in the family budgets of everyday Australians. It is impacting on the cost of living to the tune of $550 per annum for the average Australian family. It is costing jobs, be it in manufacturing—the average dairy farm pays an extra $10,000 per annum for the carbon tax just on the family farm—