Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I refer the Prime Minister to her claims that a carbon tax will act as a price signal by increasing the price of goods with a high proportion of carbon relative to goods with a lower proportion of carbon. Given the Prime Minister's threat that businesses face fines from the ACCC if they increase prices in response to higher cost inputs due to the carbon tax, and an increase of more than 0.7 per cent is gouging, can she explain how the price signal is going to work to achieve its supposed objective?

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