Senate debates

Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Questions without Notice

Carbon Pricing

2:33 pm

Photo of Simon BirminghamSimon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. With the Productivity Commission confirming that, despite what the minister says, no country currently imposes an economy-wide tax on greenhouse gas emissions or has in place an economy-wide ETS, will the minister explain why Labor wants to continue with a policy that will disadvantage Australian businesses, hurt Australian households and have no guaranteed environmental benefits?

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