Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator McLachlan for the question. It is vital; it is absolutely vital that we focus on cheaper and more reliable energy, because that's what Australians expect and that's what we're delivering.

Senator McAllister interjecting—

Senator McAllister can interject all she likes. Unfortunately, there are risks, and they're from those opposite—Labor and the Greens—whose only prescription when it comes to this area is more taxes. Leading the Labor Party's policy is the member for McMahon, who has never seen a tax that he didn't support. He's backed, of course, by the Queensland resources spokesman, Senator Murray Watt. Labor's car tax alone, of course, would have added $3,000 to the cost of a new vehicle.

Remember their retiree tax? The housing tax? The car tax? The carbon tax? Labor is all about taxes, and this government is about technology, not taxes, and about lowering our emissions and lowering energy prices.