Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

Because this is what Mr Abbott said—this is what he said; he just airbrushed it out of history:

The Howard Government proposed an emissions trading scheme because this seemed the best way to obtain the highest emission reduction at the lowest cost.

That was from his own book, on page 171. Then, of course, he said that the politics of this issue have changed. I think the politics of this issue have changed dramatically, because he had already described in very unflattering terms, which I suspect you would make me withdraw if I repeated— (Time expired)

Mr President, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.