Doug Cameron (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I hoped that we would have one of the climate change deniers up on their feet today, not someone such as Senator Humphries who actually does believe in climate change. Senator Birmingham, however, has done a massive backflip purely for short-term political reasons. Senator Humphries talks about a breach of faith at the expense of the economy and says that people are concerned, worried and betrayed. But I got an email today—and I know that many other senators would have got this email too—which shows what the campaign of fear and misrepresentation from the coalition is doing out there. I think it is in about 30 point—it is written in a huge font size. It says:

ELECTION NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!

It has 12 exclamation marks. Then it says:

THIS CARBON DIOXIDE (PLANT FOOD) TAX IS COMMUNISM !!!!!!!!!!!

It has 11 exclamation marks there. It then says:

AUSTRALIANS WILL NEVER FORGIVE OR FORGET THIS TREASON !!!!!!

There it has six exclamation marks. After that comes:

THIS CARBON DIOXIDE (PLANT FOOD) TAX MEANS THAT THERE WILL NEVER EVER BE ANOTHER ALP OR GREENS (REDS) POLITICIAN IN THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA !!

They got a bit tired there—there are only two exclamation marks. It goes on:

YOU HAVE ALL SIGNED YOUR POLITICAL DEATH SENTENCES !!

There are two exclamation marks there. It continues:

ALL AUSTRALIANS HATE YOU ALL MORE THAN SATAN !

There is one exclamation mark there. Next it says:

DEVIL'S SPAWN !!!!!!!!!!

It has 10 exclamation marks. Finally it says:

COMMUNISTS !!!!

They use four exclamation marks there.

If we talk about spawning, this is what the coalition's campaign has spawned among ordinary Australians—though I do not know if this guy is very ordinary. However, that is where it is at now: a massive scare campaign. There is no need for this type of approach. With the carbon price in place the economy will continue to grow, jobs will continue to be created across this country, there will continue to be increases in take-home pay around the country and we will continue to have an economy which is the envy of the world. What we have done is take the long view instead of the short view. What we are all about—