House debates Questions without Notice
Carbon Pricing
Julia Gillard Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
2:27 pm
( In answer to the question I say: (1) the question contains words which would mislead the Australian people, so I am not accepting the premise of the question; and (2) when it comes to businesses around the nation, including businesses in Queensland, the government is determined to give them a tax reduction. What is standing in the way of that tax reduction is the conduct of the opposition. So, if the Leader of the National Party is genuinely concerned about this business and its future, it is very hard to explain why he is opposed to a tax reduction being given to that business. It is very hard to explain that, indeed.
But when it comes to the opposition, there is no plan—
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