House debates Questions without Notice

Emissions Trading Scheme

Thursday, 13 November 2008 House of Representatives

Andrew Robb

Andrew Robb Goldstein, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and COAG and Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader on Emissions Trading Design

2:45 pm

I think he would like to hear the question, Mr Speaker. I refer the Acting Treasurer to the politically rushed and flawed design of the government’s emissions trading scheme. What will be the increase in global greenhouse gas emissions if, as has been reported, Nyrstar closes its Port Pirie and Hobart smelters and Visy shuts down its two paper recycling plants in Melbourne and Sydney and these facilities move to China? Where are the 3½ thousand Australians expected to find new jobs?

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