Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

) ( ): Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Why does the Gillard government think it is fair to Australian businesses that they will be required to buy 100 per cent of their carbon permits for 15 years before their European competitors may be required to do so? Why has the Gillard government introduced not only the world's biggest carbon tax but also one that severely disadvantages Australian industries compared with their European competitors when the two schemes are linked in 2015?