Sean Edwards (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to reports that Pete's Fish Farm, a rainbow trout producer in Kalangadoo in the south-east of her home state of South Australia, will close within the next 12 months as a result of increases in their electricity costs. Their electricity rate has increased from 27.7c to 36.39c a kilowatt hour following the introduction of the carbon tax, making their business unviable. What is the government's message to businesses like Pete's Fish Farm, which, as a result of the carbon tax, cannot afford the increases in their power prices and as a consequence will close their business?