Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Given that the company concerned has spoken to the ACCC and explained that Labor's carbon tax will significantly increase freight costs, because sea freight is subject to the carbon tax—a fact that Mr Combet seems blissfully ignorant of—and Tasmania is surrounded by water, surprisingly, and they have been told there is nothing wrong with their sign, does the minister still agree that Mr Combet acted appropriately, or is this just another example of the jackboot bullying that small business can expect from this government if the carbon tax forces them to increase prices?