Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Clearly if the Liberal Party were to come to power, people would be worse off, because they have committed to remove any compensation. So clearly I cannot give any guarantees to the Liberal Party, because they have announced a plan to make people worse off. Their plan is to take away any compensation that is paid to families and pensioners as a result of the introduction of a tax on Australia’s big polluters. What we have made clear, as we seek to transform the economy to a cleaner energy economy, is that we will distribute any revenue from taxation on carbon polluters to families and businesses in order to help them adjust to the new arrangements. That has been made perfectly clear, and the only risk to any compensation arrangements is the Liberal Party, who threaten to take them away.