Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

So do not come bleating to us now about a lack of commitment to science and scientists in this country, because it is our government that is backing them—backing them not only with new ways to address the challenges of the 21st century but supporting the work in very real and tangible ways by supporting their infrastructure. Those opposite are very good at the bright ideas but they lack the courage, conviction and diligence to actually see the implementation.

When we go to the issue around climate change research, the CSIRO has assured that Australia will have actual climate change models that will be relevant to us and assist us to deal with the challenges going forward in the 21st century around that.

I will go to the tax issues. When I looked at the Labor Party's tax policies they were taxing the poor with the cigarette tax, they were taxing housing with the negative gearing, they were taxing jobs with the good old carbon tax, and the classic tax was the mining tax, which did not get any revenue at all. So let's not look— (Time expired)