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

Senator Macdonald is an outstanding senator for the great state of Queensland. He has done an outstanding job serving the people of Queensland in this place. Of course, Senator Macdonald and I have stood shoulder to shoulder working to abolish the Labor-Green carbon tax, which was hurting people right across Australia, which was hurting people across regional Queensland, which was hurting people in regional communities right across Australia. We have taken that burden off the shoulders of families, pensioners and small businesses right across Australia.

When it comes to the excise on fuel, we have very transparently put forward the position of the government. We have explained how we are going to give effect to that position.