John Williams (NSW, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Given that the government has increased truckies' road user charges by around $500 million a year, and is levying a further $500 million with a carbon tax component that the Transport Workers Union has referred to as a 'death tax' on the trucking industry, can the minister explain how this heavy burden on the nation's truckies will flow into the costs of living for Australian families? How much will it reduce the temperature of the globe?