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

As I have indicated in my previous answers, we are taking effective action on climate change—unlike the Labor-Greens carbon tax which was not only going to hit families, not only going to hit pensioners, not only going to hit small business and bigger businesses but to do so without doing anything to help reduce emissions in Australia. We are taking action that is actually making a difference to the environment in a way that is economically responsible.

We can go round and round in circles on this. I would actually be concerned if Senator Milne was supportive of our approach to the economy and the environment because it just would not be responsible for us to agree with Senator Milne and the Greens about the best way forward when it comes to economic growth—