Labor’s great big new tax on everything is coming back...it’s coming back...
20/08/10
"I don't rule out the possibility of legislating a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, a market-based mechanism,"
– Julia Gillard, The Australian, 20th August 2010
Finally, on the last day of the campaign, Julia Gillard has confirmed what everybody knew: a re-elected Labor Government will legislate for a price on carbon.
This great big new tax on everything will mean a higher cost of living for everyone, and will significantly raise electricity prices.
The fact that the Greens are likely to have the balance of power in the Senate due to the secret Labor-Green preference deal means that a Labor wins guarantees a carbon tax.
Ms Gillard and Mr Swan have been playing sneaky words games this election campaign, asserting that there won’t be a “carbon tax” – when the fact is, the so-called Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme is a carbon tax by another name.
Ms Gillard has also gone to the ludicrous lengths of promising to set up a “Citizens’ Assembly” to try and hide the fact that she wants to bring the CPRS back.
The truth is out – in Ms Gillard’s own words, a vote for Labor is a vote for the so-called Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.
The only way to stop Labor’s great big new tax on everything is to vote for the Coalition tomorrow.