Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The Australian people have already voted upon this bill.

Now, the parliament gets its chance.

The 2013 election was a referendum on the carbon tax.

The people have spoken.

Now, it is up to this parliament to show that it has listened.

The Australian people have pronounced their judgment against the carbon tax: they want it gone.

This bill delivers. It delivers on the coalition's commitment to the Australian people to scrap this toxic tax.

It is also a cornerstone of the government's plan for a stronger economy built on lower taxes, less regulation and stronger businesses.

Repealing the carbon tax should be the first economic reform of this parliament—and it will be followed by further economic reforms: bills to repeal the mining tax, to restore the Australian Building and Construction Commission and to deal with Labor's debt legacy.

The first impact of this bill will be on households, whose overall costs will fall $550 a year on average.

Thanks to this bill, household electricity bills—

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