Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Once again, the leader of the Labor Party is seeking to mislead the Australian people. Labor's plan, which we will not support under any circumstances, is to have a 45 per cent emissions reduction target. They can dress it up in whatever language they like, they can call it a NEG or whatever they like, but Labor's policy is to have a 45 per cent, job-destroying, economy-crushing emissions reduction target that will rob from the Australian economy. The leader of the Labor Party needs to come clean. He needs to tell those industries around Australia which will be the first to close. Will it be—as the member for Flynn knows—the aluminium smelter at Boyne Island? Will it be that? Will it be farmers? Will it be the Portland aluminium smelter, down in the member for Wannon's electorate?

The leader of the Labor Party is pulling a big con on the Australian people. Their five-point plan is tax, tax, tax, tax and tax. That is what the Labor Party stands for, and one of the biggest taxes they are proposing is an electricity tax, with their 45 per cent emissions reduction target. It's a reckless figure. It will cost Australians jobs and the leader of the Labor Party will have to be accountable for it when he goes to the next election. We on this side of the House will not support an emissions reduction target as reckless as that. It is a carbon tax on steroids. I'll ask the Treasurer to add to the answer.

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