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

Just so that members of this House should know what the situation is, Qantas has today put out a statement to say:

We have said that the price on carbon is a cost to our business that we have not been able to recover through fare increases …

So there we have it: the carbon tax is a drag on Qantas that it does not need. It is a $106 million hit on jobs at Qantas. We will get rid of the carbon tax, but the Leader of the Opposition wants to leave this $106 million a year hit on Qantas in place.

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