Steve Fielding (Victoria, Family First Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is directed to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. Given that the Prime Minister promised in his 2007 election victory speech that working families would be better off under a Rudd Labor government, can the minister explain how working families will be better off under an emissions trading scheme when, according to the Energy Supply Association, the costs of power will increase by 40 to 50 per cent by 2020 and that will, both directly and indirectly, increase the cost of basic necessities such as groceries and other goods?