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

Let me be absolutely crystal clear, every time cabinet meets we reiterate our opposition to the carbon tax and our determination to see the back of the carbon tax as quickly as possible, because the carbon tax is a nine per cent impost on power prices, a $9 billion a year handbrake on the economy, a $550 a year hit on the average household's cost of living.

Mr Burke interjecting—

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