Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

A turbocharged carbon tax will cost thousands of jobs with the closure, under Labor's policy, of power stations in places like Callide and Gladstone and Tarong and Stanwell—thousands of jobs will be lost. On the one hand, the coalition government is creating jobs and building infrastructure. The other side is offering us an alternative: fewer jobs, because projects will become more expensive—less affordable—and will not happen.

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