Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (15:03): I am very pleased that the member for Throsby has asked me about jobs in the Illawarra because the one political movement that was absolutely hostile to jobs in the Illawarra, particularly at BlueScope Steel, was the Labor Party. I well remember when Graham Kraehe, the chairman of BlueScope—a very gutsy, decent, business leader—went to the National Press Club to talk about the absolutely lethal threat that the carbon tax posed to BlueScope. What we have done for BlueScope is that we have saved BlueScope from the carbon tax. Mr Perrett interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Moreton is warned! Mr ABBOTT: What BlueScope have said that if the carbon tax comes back in any way, shape or form, steelmaking in this country has no future whatsoever. We all know what Graham Kraehe said about providing compensation for a carbon tax. He said that it would be like putting a bandaid on a bullet wound. Oh, yes—the member who asked the question can shake his head. But we have not forgotten, the Australian people have not forgotten and the people of the Illawarra have not forgotten— Mr Stephen Jones: You've got no plan. You're hostile to their jobs. The SPEAKER: The member for Thorsby will cease interjecting. Mr ABBOTT: the threat that the carbon tax poses to jobs in the Illawarra, the carbon tax which this Leader of the Opposition wants to bring back. What the people of the Illawarra will get from this government is lower taxes, more infrastructure and freer trade. That is what they will get. What that means is more jobs for the people of Australia. The plan is already working— Mr Dreyfus: What plan? You don't have a plan. The SPEAKER: The member for Isaacs will cease interjecting. Mr ABBOTT: with 335,000 more jobs since the election. That is why we are continuing with a plan because our plan for lower taxes, more infrastructure and freer trade is exactly what the people of Australia need if we are to have the prosperous jobs of the future. Mr Perrett interjecting— The SPEAKER: I remind the member for Moreton. Mr ABBOTT: The member who asked the question is sitting down there bellowing, Mr Speaker. He should have the guts to go to BlueScope Steel and say to the workers there, 'Re-elect us, and the carbon tax comes back.' Go on, say it. Government members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on my right will cease interjecting. Mr Stephen Jones interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Throsby will cease interjecting. Mr ABBOTT: He makes a big man of himself in this parliament. He wants to make a big man of himself here in this parliament. Have the guts to go to BlueScope Steel and say: 'You put Labor back and the carbon tax comes back. If the carbon tax comes back, your plant and your jobs are gone.' Ms Butler interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Griffith is delaying question time.