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Clean Energy Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge—General) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Auctions) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Fixed Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges—Customs) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges—Excise) Bill 2011, Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011, Climate Change Authority Bill 2011

In Committee

Database

Senate Hansard

Date

08-11-2011

Source

Senate

Parl No.

43

Electorate

 

Interjector

 

Page

8489

Party

ALP

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

 

Questioner

 

Responder

 

Speaker

Wong, Sen Penny

Stage

In Committee

Type

 

Context

BILLS

System Id

chamber/hansards/10488206-0ddc-42cb-9bbd-ab026cf74ba2/0045


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Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Finance and Deregulation) (11:09): In response to the amendments, this is what the blood oath to repeal has come to. The opposition who have said to business, 'Don't buy permits,' now want them to be able to buy more permits and to defer the payment. Mr Abbott has said that in what is left of his political life he is determined to oppose and tear down this tax. He jets off to London while this vote is on foot. While he is in the United Kingdom he might want to talk to conservative Prime Minister Mr Cameron, who agrees with a price on carbon. The opposition are hypocrites. They come in here and say, 'We completely oppose this—

Opposition senators interjecting—

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN ( Senator Boyce ): Senator Wong, sit down, please. I will call the minister when there is quiet in the chamber.

Senator WONG: I will not take up too much time in this debate, because I know Senator Cormann wants to contribute. I make the point that the opposition are seeking to amend legislation that they say they will repeal. The opposition are seeking to make it easier, on their submission to the chamber, for people to purchase permits when Mr Abbott's position is that no-one should purchase permits. If anybody ever wanted a demonstration of how the blood oath has gone pretty watery, you have got it today.