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Julia Gillard did not lie about Carbon Tax (There is No Carbon Tax in Australia)
- Published_at:2013-01-03
- Category:People & Blogs
- Channel:Lookfor WholeStory
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- description: Whatever your political leanings, you do need to know that the PM did not lie about Carbon Tax.... more below, but first notice this ***Australian industry URGES government to launch CO2 market immediately BEIJING, March 7 , 2013 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Australia's biggest industry lobby group representing 750,000 workers urged the government on Thursday to immediately scrap its levy on CO2 emissions and launch a domestic carbon market to keep a lid on electricity prices. Source: http://www.pointcarbon.com/news/1.2 210154?date=20130307&sdtc=1 [That would be the Emissions Trading Scheme that was going to destroy industry - according to the Coalition Opposition.] An edited news interview was cut to suit an agenda of a particular media stance. The whole interview can be found in a video clip below. Listen for: "'There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead,'' she told Network Ten. ''What we will do is we will tackle the challenge of climate change.'' [Source: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/climate/gillard-rules-out-imposing-carbon-tax-20100816-1270b.html#ixzz2NEIRkbiM and video clip below] In an election-eve interview with The Australian, the Prime Minister revealed she would view victory tomorrow as a mandate for a carbon price, provided the community was ready for this step. "I don't rule out the possibility of legislating a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, a market-based mechanism," she said of the next parliament. "I rule out a carbon tax." [Source: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/julia-gillards-carbon-price-promise/story-fn59niix-1225907522983] Julia Gillard did not win the election. It was a hung Parliament. It was a condition of forming a Government with Independents that carbon pricing/pollution reduction would be implemented. See: http://youtu.be/cMVnZUxVBBk Carbon Tax and Carbon Pricing are two different things. A Carbon Tax would have raised Government revenue through a tax without necessarily reducing carbon admissions - so long as polluters are willing to pay the tax it doesn't limit pollution. The Carbon Price paves the way to an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and puts a limit or cap on the pollution and the credits can be traded.
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