Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

The flow-on impact is there, regrettably, for all to see. But in relation to the automotive and manufacturing sector, can I remind those opposite again that the carbon tax has been like a body blow to the manufacturing sector right around Australia. The Australian people said so. PricewaterhouseCoopers tells us that that is the case. We would invite those opposite to actually take stock and see the consequences of what six years of Labor have done to many of our major employers. I would invite the Labor Party to join with us to help restore and reboot the Australian economy by supporting our reduction in company tax, by getting rid of the mining tax and the carbon tax, helping us to get rid of red tape and bringing the budget back into the situation it ought be in by voting for the same savings you actually promised before the election.