Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Pratt. The Leader of the Opposition seems so intent on destroying these proposals that he clearly has not had time to read the documentation that is put before him. He said he would fight every second of every minute of every hour of every week of every month so that he would go on and on in seeking to undermine confidence in the future investment in this country.

What we can do is turn to Mr Turnbull, who says that ‘any suggestion that you can dramatically cut emissions without any cost is—I will not use a favourite term of Mr Abbott—bulldust’; I think that is appropriate. Moreover, he knows it. What we can say is that there are those in the Liberal Party that know the truth. They do know the truth that the Leader of the Opposition, in making any suggestions that you can undertake significant change like this without cost, is not telling the truth. (Time expired)