Darren Chester (Gippsland, National Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Roads and Regional Transport) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to this letter from the Chief Executive of Loy Yang Power which was sent to all employees and states: 'Under the carbon price scheme, Loy Yang Power will be required to purchase $450 million in carbon permits each year.' And further: 'The scheme is threatening our future viability as not all of these costs will be recovered via increased electricity prices and the government's proposed generator assistance package.' Is the Prime Minister aware that Loy Yang Power is now offering redundancy packages to its workers? Prime Minister, how many workers in the Latrobe Valley will lose their livelihoods because of the carbon tax that she promised would never be introduced?

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