Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (14:13): Why won't the Leader of the Opposition stand by his promise and terminate the carbon tax? What kind of a fibber is the Leader of the Opposition when he refuses to terminate the carbon tax he repeatedly promised? Mr Burke interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Manager of Opposition Business will resume his seat. His last point of order was a clear breach of the standing orders. If this one is, then I will not be taking too much notice of his standing. The Prime Minister has the call. Mr ABBOTT: When the carbon tax goes— Mr Bowen: Madam Speaker, on a point of order: the Prime Minister very clearly should withdraw his reflection on the Leader of the Opposition. The SPEAKER: To assist the House, I think I heard comments from both sides of the leadership table that we could do without, so we can have both withdraw I think. Mr ABBOTT: I withdraw. The SPEAKER: And that includes the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Shorten: Certainly. The SPEAKER: Certainly what? Mr Shorten: I withdraw, Madam Speaker. The SPEAKER: Thank you. The Prime Minister has the call. Mr ABBOTT: I simply ask the Leader of the Opposition to do what he said he would do pre-election and terminate the carbon tax. Mr Shorten interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition will put his prop down! Mr ABBOTT: Let me quote, for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, the Chairman of the ACCC, Rod Sims, who said of the repeal of the carbon tax: What went up will clearly come down when you take away the carbon price. And for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition, again let me quote Rod Sims: It's not a massively complicated process. Electricity prices went up fairly quickly on the way up and they will go down fairly immediately on the way down. So there it is: what went up with the carbon tax will come down when the carbon tax comes off. And I say to the Leader of the Opposition: come out of denial, do after the election what you said you would do before the election and terminate the carbon tax.