Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance) (14:35): I thank Senator Ruston for that question. I regret to inform the Senate that the carbon tax has not been repealed. The reason it has not been repealed is because the Labor Party again joined in with the Greens to vote against the repeal of the carbon tax, in defiance of the judgement made by the Australian people. They are very cocky over there, jumping up and down and saying, 'Everybody knows it's not been repealed'. Not everybody on the Labor side seems to know that the carbon tax has been repealed. This is the tax that every single member of the Labor Party campaigned that we would never get. They said there would never be a carbon tax under a government led by Julia Gillard Then of course we had Kevin Rudd coming back as Prime Minister saying that he has removed the carbon tax. We had Senator Pratt putting out pamphlets in Western Australia— Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Cormann, resume your seat. When there is silence we will proceed. Senator CORMANN: I understand why Labor are touchy, because they are doing the wrong thing against the national interest. We had Senator Pratt say that Labor have already removed the carbon tax. Then of course we had her successor, Senator-elect Bullock, go to Western Australia and say that Labor is voting to repeal the carbon tax, on the very same day that Labor was voting to keep it, here in this chamber. We had the truth-teller from Western Australia, Senator Bishop, out there saying that Labor should get rid of the carbon tax, but then, not to be outdone, the shadow minister, Mr Butler, on Sunday said: We do support the abolition of the carbon tax. Wait for this: We voted to abolish the carbon tax in the Senate … So, we're not voting to support the carbon tax. It is time that Labor stopped misleading the Australian people. If you are against the carbon tax, vote to get rid of it.