Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

The ALP in particular simply do not want to hear the truth: the carbon tax is hurting the airline industry to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars each year. And Mr Joyce's comments, of course, come on the back of the comments of the CEO of Virgin saying exactly the same thing. And yet the ALP-Green opposition in this place are still in denial.

Virgin Australia wants to axe the carbon tax, Qantas wants to axe the carbon tax and Australians want to axe the carbon tax. The only people that refuse to do that which is necessary are the Labor-Green opposition in this place, and they are the ones that are destroying the job opportunities of our fellow Australians.