Bruce Billson (Dunkley, Liberal Party, Minister for Small Business) Share this | Hansard source

) ( ): It is a great question, and I think those opposite for their encouragement! The member for Boothby asked a very important question about this government's conviction to axe the carbon tax and to make sure that consumers and businesses receive the benefits of that action. That is a strategy that has been endorsed by the electorate. It is a central part of our economic action strategy. Despite this very clear and overwhelmingly endorsed strategy, we still see Labor standing in the way of the government implementing this mandate.

I listened with interest to the member for McMahon—he was one of the Townsville trio—who was questioning whether there was some lack of commitment to seeing the cost savings passed through by the abolition of the carbon tax. That could not be further from the truth. We are adamant that those benefits will be passed through. The member for McMahon recognised at some point when he was Treasurer that the abolition of the carbon tax would reduce cost-of-living pressures. He seemed to recognise it in government but now in opposition, for pure opportunistic reasons, seems to reject that simple assertion. Just to remind him, there is this flyer sprinkled around letterboxes in the country—

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