Ms GILLARD (Lalor—Prime Minister) (14:50): To the member who raises the question: if the member wants to directly discuss the issue, then of course I am open to discussing with him issues in his electorate. I am making the assumption he is genuinely raising the issue in the parliament and wants to discuss it with the government. Can I say to the member and to the parliament more broadly: with carbon pricing, we have seen in this parliament many, many claims made which, on investigation, do not turn out to be true. Indeed, in the course of this question time, from the Leader of the Opposition and from the shadow Treasurer, we have seen a continuation of the kinds of misrepresentations which have characterised this debate. The opposition has been so negative that it has predicted a permanent depression. It has been so negative that it has predicted the death of the coal industry. It has been so negative that it has said that this will be a wrecking ball through the economy, that the increases in the price— Mr Van Manen: Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise on a point of order on relevance. I have asked about the abattoir in Beenleigh, not about the coal industry. It is about the effect of the carbon tax. The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms AE Burke ): I ask the Prime Minister to return to the question before the chair. Ms GILLARD: My simple point is that we have, particularly from the opposition's frontbench, time after time, misleading claims made about carbon pricing. For the member who raises this question I will make the assumption he is raising it genuinely and I am more than happy to speak to him directly about it.