House debates Questions without Notice

Carbon Pricing

Wednesday, 20 June 2012 House of Representatives

Joe Hockey

Joe Hockey North Sydney, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer

2:07 pm

My question is to the Acting Prime Minister and Treasurer. Why has the government set its carbon tax at $23 a tonne when analysts at Thomson Reuters yesterday slashed their forecast for international permits until 2020 by 59 per cent to a mere $4.30 a tonne?

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