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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Minister, I again refer to the Prime Minister's speech of 23 July last year, entitled 'Moving forward together on climate change'—it sounds like it could be a horse at the show. In that speech, the Prime Minister said:

I understand that a lot of families are under pressure.

My Government will always act with the interests of those Australians in mind.

Does the government believe that it is acting in the interests of these Australians by adopting a carbon tax that will increase electricity prices for many Australians who cannot afford them even now?