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HOST: Good morning Prime Minister. PM: Good morning Richard. HOST: You’re well and in our neck of the woods with a tough job ahead of you trying to sell this carbon tax. Look, I noticed there’s an article in the Newcastle Herald today, Prime Minister, with your...

HOST: Good morning, Julia Gillard good morning. PM: Good morning. HOST: We, obviously, won’t have too many minutes with you. We want to, obviously, start with the carbon package. With now maybe one in four voters voting for the Labor Party, do you have to face the fact...

PM: Oh, of course farming will be viable and our modelling is showing that, for example, with food production, what you will see is people pass costs through the consumer, which is why we are ensuring that nine out of ten households get assistance through increased pensions, increased family...

HOST: Good morning, Prime Minister. PM: Good morning. HOST: Steven from Waitpinga Beach is worried that if the carbon tax means we have more imported coal, we have more imported food, that that will be counterproductive, effectively. ...