Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (14:05): Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Why is the minister oblivious to the fact that, as every Queenslander knows, electricity prices in our state have skyrocketed in recent months, largely as a result of the carbon tax? Why does the government remain in denial about the disastrous impact of its tax on jobs and household prices for no environmental impact?