House debates
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Questions without Notice
Carbon Pricing
3:04 pm
Russell Broadbent (McMillan, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source
My question is to the Minister for the Environment. I refer to an email from Stephen Brockwell, of San Remo Fishermen's Co-Operative, advising that since the repeal of the carbon tax the cost of re-gassing his ice machine has fallen from $360 per kilo to $85 per kilo. Will the minister update the House on how much families and businesses in our communities are saving following the removal of the world's biggest carbon tax, and are there any threats to this approach?
Comments
Tibor Majlath
Posted on 15 Jun 2015 12:09 pm
Correction to my previous post: should be "$360/kg to $85"
Tibor Majlath
Posted on 15 Jun 2015 11:30 am
The list price of R404A before the CT 1 July 2012 was $92.88/kg. As pointed out by S. Mirabella
it went to $377.71/kg as at 9 July 2012 an increase of $284.83 or +307% after CT came in.
Part of that increase was due to the carbon levy of $74.98 or +26%. The other $209.85 or +74%
increase was attributed to 'global supply issues' according to AG Coombs.
Yet I find that Heatcraft was selling R404A (in a two day sale) to trade at $96/kg in August
2013 before the repeal of the CT. We don't know when and why the price fell from $360/kg to
$95/kg other than the implication that it was due to the repeal of the CT. Did the 'supply issue' correct itself?
In any case assuming a carbon price of $25/tonne in 2014-15 the carbon levy on R404A would be 25 x 3260 =
$81,500/tonne or $81.50/kg. So how did that amount or the repeal of the CT by implication reduce the price from $360/kg to $95, if at all?