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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer the minister to comments made by the Prime Minister in July last year that if the dairy industry faces any costs from the carbon tax they would be able to 'pass any additional cost through to the consumer.' The same AIG survey of 485 businesses found that 90 per cent of the food manufacturers had higher costs due to the carbon tax but only 11 per cent were able to pass these costs through. Why has the Prime Minister failed Australian farming communities and the Australian people?