Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party, Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to the government's own modelling of the impact of the carbon tax, which shows that Australia's GDP will be over $1 trillion lower between now and 2050 due to the carbon tax, representing over $40,000 for every Australian. These are large costs to bear, and Australians would rightly expect some form of tangible benefit for bearing them. I refer the minister to the Prime Minister's speech on 23 July last year when she said that, as a result of climate change, 'the number of droughts could increase by up to 40 per cent in eastern Australia.' Can the minister now confirm how many droughts the government's carbon tax will prevent?