House debates Bills

Australian Renewable Energy Agency Bill 2011, Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011; Second Reading

Tuesday, 1 November 2011 House of Representatives

Bert Van Manen

Bert Van Manen Forde, Liberal Party

7:48 pm

You guys administered it, so you are responsible for it. Cash for clunkers did not fare any better and was scrapped by the government with the intention of resurrecting it, but it was again put on the backburner because of problems experienced due to inadequate preparation. Then there is the mother of all taxes—the carbon tax. The government's carbon tax is a bad tax based on a lie to the Australian people, and Australians will pay not just in this generation but also for generations to come.

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