Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Farrell for the question. The Turnbull government are committed to ensuring Australia's welfare system provides appropriate support to those in need while remaining sustainable for future generations. This measure is one that is very simple: we have repealed the carbon tax and so we are repealing the carbon tax compensation. It is simply not sustainable to continue to compensate people who have not yet even entered the welfare system for a tax that no longer exists.

Had the carbon tax not been repealed in 2014, it would have caused long-term increases in electricity prices. When the carbon tax was repealed on 1 July 2014, the Australian—