Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I am sure Senator Bernardi would carry that information around in his head. I would make a number of points about this, Senator Ludlam. You asked: what is the government proposing to do? The government made clear before the election and now that we believe a carbon price is an important economic reform. It is also demonstrably one of the key ways in which you ensure that the environmental cost, the cost of the effect on the climate, of pollution is factored into economic decision making. This was a key part of the very lengthy debates we had in this chamber on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.