Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Given that the minister has not been able to advise the Senate on what the net impact of the Gillard government’s carbon tax would be on global emissions, I ask: why do you want Australians to pay more for their electricity, petrol and groceries—and lose their jobs—for no reduction in global emissions?