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

I do not accept the premise of the last part of that question at all. I think it is just extraordinary that senators who used to support a price on carbon come into this place and start to make a range of assertions about the sky falling in. The reality is that we can continue in Queensland and across Australia to increase our incomes, to grow our economy and to increase jobs with a carbon price. But the difference is that the carbon price will ensure there is an incentive for people to invest in clean energy and clean energy technology. It is about a transition that the coalition simply do not want to front up to. We can continue to grow jobs, grow our economy and grow our incomes with a carbon price.