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

Scrapping the carbon tax will give the aluminium industry a fighting chance. It will give the iron and steel industry a fighting chance of survival in this country, and that is what we want to do. We want to give the decent workers and the honest businesses of this country the best possible chance to flourish, and that is exactly what scrapping the carbon tax does. Scrapping the carbon tax removes a nine per cent impost on power prices. It removes a $9 billion a year handbrake on our economy. Scrapping the carbon tax removes—

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