Bruce Billson (Dunkley, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Small Business, Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to a survey report, recently released by the Queensland chamber of commerce, that stated that over two-thirds of businesses believe the carbon tax will negatively impact upon them. It said:

… the Australian business community will face the extraordinary challenge of competing against international businesses with much lower operating costs.

It went on to say that the carbon tax will affect the price of all goods and services and increase costs for all businesses. Will the Prime Minister scrap the world's largest carbon tax, or are expected job losses just more growing pains?

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