Mr COMBET (Charlton—Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) (14:40): I thank the member for Reid for his question. It is particularly pertinent because yesterday, on behalf of the government, I introduced legislation that will link Australia's carbon price mechanism to the European Union emissions trading scheme, which is the largest carbon market in the world and has been in place since 2005. The fact of the matter is that by linking with the European Union Australia's carbon price will be the same as that which obtains in 30 other countries with a combined population of 530 million people. Little wonder that the Leader of the Opposition turns his back, because that is a message he does not want to hear. He has deceived people in this country about this issue. Thirty other countries will have the same carbon price, including the United Kingdom, Germany and France—and in combination those countries represent our second largest trading partner, and they will have the same carbon price. This gives the lie— Honourable members interjecting— Mr COMBET: the lie to the campaign by the Leader of the Opposition that Australia is somehow going it alone. The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms AE Burke ): Order! The minister will withdraw. I think I made it fairly clear to everybody that that word is not to be tolerated from anybody. The minister will withdraw. Mr COMBET: I withdraw. Mr Pyne: I rise on a point of order. Madam Deputy Speaker, with the greatest of deference, given that the member for Indy had already been asked to withdraw the word 'lie' and the minister has, moments later, come in and used it three times, surely he should warned for defying the chair. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: I am finding it difficult to think that people should not know by now that the use of the word 'lie' is totally inappropriate. Mr COMBET: These mendacious claims have been made by the Leader of the Opposition numerous times. For example, he has claimed that there are no carbon pricing mechanisms anywhere in the world at all—they are nowhere in the world; there is no carbon price. Just last month he said: There are no developing carbon markets in the Asia-Pacific. Well, the facts are somewhat different. The fact is that Korea, China, Japan, New Zealand, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the US state of California— Ms Julie Bishop: I rise on a point of order. Honourable members interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! I cannot hear a thing. The member for Bass is warned. Ms Julie Bishop: How can it be relevant for the minister to be talking about countries that do not have an economy-wide carbon price? He is not talking about— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Mr COMBET: Not only are there market measures developing within the economies that I referred to, just this week there were further details of emissions trading schemes in Guangdong Province—which, on its own, in China is our sixth largest trading partner—and also in Shenzhen. These are hugely significant developments. The fact of the matter is that there have been no unimaginable price increases as forecast by the Leader of the Opposition. There has been no collapse of whole regions or industries. In fact, today, Arrium Mining announced 100 new jobs in Whyalla, that the opposition leader said would be wiped off the map. Jobs are growing. The economy is growing. This has been the most mendacious campaign we have seen against an important policy initiative and you are going to be held to account for everything you said. (Time expired) Mr Ciobo interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms AE Burke ): The member for Moncrieff is denying the member for Goldstein the call.