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

I acknowledge Senator Back's very strong commitment to unshackling the Western Australian economy from the carbon tax, which will save the economy of Western Australia millions of dollars and boost investment in his home state's mining industry, thereby creating more jobs for more Western Australians. There is no doubt that the carbon tax is a job-destroying tax; it is an economy-destroying tax—