Tony Smith (Casey, Liberal Party, Deputy Chairman , Coalition Policy Development Committee) Share this | Hansard source

I refer the Prime Minister to the following statement by the chairman of BlueScope Steel this week:

I am critical of the selective use of Chinese data to imply that they are phasing out coal and we are not.

This is patently false and misleading and should not be allowed to drive our domestic debate.

I ask the Prime Minister, why is she insisting on introducing a carbon tax that will close down industry, cost jobs, increase the cost of living and give our trade competitors an unfair advantage based on misleading information?

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