Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction) Share this | Hansard source

They opposed it. We on this side know that, if it's not to be technology, it is to be taxes—and the member for McMahon, the shadow minister, has never seen a tax he didn't like. When they were last in government they imposed a carbon tax and, when the member for McMahon was Treasurer, he raised the carbon tax and, of course, he took carbon tax policies to the last election. When the member for McMahon was asked this week whether he opposed carbon taxes being imposed on Australian exporters, Australian miners and farmers, he refused to condemn it. He refused to condemn a carbon tax being imposed on Australian exporters and farmers. If the member for McMahon can't impose a carbon tax himself, he will encourage others to do it. We on this side of the place know that to get emissions down it's about Australian ingenuity, technology and getting on with the job.

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