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

I think I might leave the list of things that we know the carbon price is not responsible for, but I would say this: we do know that the economy is in a period of substantial change, but we also know—

Senator Brandis interjecting—

I will take that interjection from Senator Brandis, because the only person who said people have never had it so good was former Prime Minister Howard. If you have a concern about that, Senator Brandis, I suggest you go and give former Prime Minister Howard a call, rather than throwing it at us. What we will say is that this is an economy that is in a period of change.

Honourable senators interjecting—