House debates Questions without Notice

Emissions Trading Scheme

Monday, 16 March 2009 House of Representatives

Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition

2:00 pm

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to Xstrata, the world’s largest exporter of thermal coal and an employer of 6,000 Australians, which estimates the government’s bungled emissions trading scheme will lead to the loss of 1,000 existing jobs and 4,000 future jobs—almost all of which are in the state of Queensland—as well as the loss of up to $7 billion of future investment. What does the Prime Minister say to the 1,000 working families he is turning into redundancy families?

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