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

I am offended, as someone who grew up there, that he cannot take a minute of his time to read one page about something as important as Olympic Dam. Every South Australian should be asking themselves: why is it that the Leader of the Opposition can spend some time reading controversial books but he cannot be bothered reading one page about the future of Olympic Dam? They might well be interested in his choice of reading material. He has determined not to read anything that matters to the future of South Australia.

On the misrepresentations by the member who asked the question, I refer him to the statement of the BHP boss, Marius Kloppers, which ran in the Australian under the heading 'BHP boss Marius Kloppers: it's time for carbon tax'. It read as follows:

We do believe that such a global initiative—

a carbon price—

will eventually come and, when it does, Australia will need to have acted ahead of it to maintain its competitiveness.

There was never a truer word spoken.

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