House debates Questions without Notice

Emissions Trading Scheme

Thursday, 24 February 2011 House of Representatives

Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister

2:14 pm

Over on that side they stand for $10.5 billion of expenditure which would be ineffective; pollution would continue to rise and there would be no compensation. On this side of the parliament we stand for the most effective mechanism to price carbon which will transform our economy at the lowest cost. It will start on 1 July 2012, compensating Australian households so that the carbon price works fairly.

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