Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

As I have already advised the parliament earlier today, the Leader of the Opposition was out trying to scare cats and dogs. He has moved on from human beings and now he is trying to scare animals. Presumably tomorrow he will be out trying to scare Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, and the day after he will be out trying to scare Puff the Magic Dragon, and so it will go on. To the Leader of the Opposition, whose fear campaign is growing truly more ridiculous day by day, can I advise him of the following facts, which his fear campaign, as usual, ignores. The Leader of the Opposition has never run into a fact that he was not prepared to discard in pursuit of his fear campaign, including trying to scare people at the RSPCA. The facts of the matter are these: we initiated in our carbon pricing package—our Clean Energy Future package—a $300 million fund, the Low Carbon Communities program, which is there to assist local councils and community organisations to adapt their energy use. We are encouraging charities like the RSPCA to consider applying for a grant under these programs.

Mr Pyne interjecting—

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