Senate debates
Monday, 2 May 2016
Questions without Notice
Carbon Pricing
2:50 pm
Dean Smith (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source
Before I begin, I acknowledge some fine young Australians in the gallery this afternoon—students from the Melbourne university Liberal Club. Welcome!
My question is to the minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Senator Birmingham. Can the minister advise the Senate how the government is tackling climate change without a big new electricity tax?
Tibor Majlath
Posted on 3 May 2016 4:23 pm
Couldn't agree more, Senator. We don't need a big new electricity tax.
We already have a big tax on electricity. It's call the GST - thanks to the Coalition.
It is applied to the whole bill - electricity and network charges unlike the carbon tax which was applied to the electricity usage.