First of many?
Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Hands up those of you who didn’t see this coming. Comments by BHP’s Moonbat Marius yesterday put the issue of a carbon tax back on the agenda. The Greens are cock-a-hoop, as they would be, and Julia Gillard failed spectacularly to rule out such a tax, despite doing so before the election. As Australian Conservative reports:
Julia Gillard today walked away from her election-eve promise to oppose a costly carbon tax on Australian householders.
On the Friday before the election Ms Gillard stated categorically: “I rule out a carbon tax.” (The Australian, 20 August 2010).
But today, when asked by media, would she rule out a carbon tax, she blinked:
Gillard: Look, we, we’ve said we would work through options in good faith at the committee that I have formed involving of course the Greens … We want to work through options, have the discussions at that committee in good faith.
Journalist: So you are not ruling it out then?
Gillard: Well look ah, you know I just think the rule-in, rule-out games are a little bit silly.
Before the election, she unambiguously ruled out a carbon tax. Now, after the election, ruling in or ruling out a carbon tax is now “a little bit silly” according to the PM.
It now looks like Julia Gillard is opening the door to a plan by Labor’s partners, the Greens, for a carbon tax.
Now, after the election, it appears that Labor has a secret plan to back-flip and support the tax.
Before the election, Wayne Swan said: “what we rejected is this hysterical allegation that somehow we are moving towards a carbon tax” (Meet the Press, 15 August 2010).
Mr Swan also said: “We have made our position very clear, we have ruled it out” (7.30 Report, 12 August 2010).
Julia Gillard again claimed: “There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead” (Channel 10, 16 August 2010).
The Prime Minister was today speaking at a sustainability media event. But it’s now clear she hasn’t been able to sustain her pre-election promises to rule out a carbon tax. (source)
This will be just the first of many backflips by Julia as she desperately tries to appease the demands of the Greens, ably assisted by a self-serving businessman who wants to spruik his uranium over coal. At least some businesses are rejecting the call:
The Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry said Mr Kloppers’s statements did not represent the views of its members.
“We unambiguously represent the views of energy users rather than producers,” ACCI economics and industry policy director Greg Evans said. “Our members are concerned about the impact of either of a carbon tax or an ETS.
“We certainly don’t believe Australia should pre-empt any international action.” (source)
A statement so blindingly obvious, it is astonishing that no-one seems to get it. We really are through the looking-glass now, folks.
Australian Climate Madness 
“The Prime Minister was today speaking at a sustainability media event. But it’s now clear she hasn’t been able to sustain her pre-election promises to rule out a carbon tax.”
That’s a nice piece of irony. Someone should be bludgeoned with it.
Gillard: “Well look ah, you know I just think”….
Spoken like a true LIAR.
Who in their right mind would have voted for this absolute piece of work?
This is all good. These bottom-feeding imbeciles are in disarray already.
It was also interesting watching Catalyst last evening. On the same day that a Carbon Tax hits the headlines, out they come with their tired old stories about Cliimate Change. It was a bit like watching 1984. “Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia. Winston – start revising all the newspaper articles.”
Of course, she wins the gold medal for gymnastics.
As for the energy sector, they are all in on it. If you think that BHPB chairman is mad, then have a look at this:
This is for the upcoming Carbon Expo in Melbourne…..
“We are delighted to announce that Santos have joined Expo as a Diamond
Sponsor ahead of this year’s event, to be in Melbourne 11-13 October.
James Baulderstone, Santos’ Vice President Eastern Australia will
discuss with delegates the role of gas in Australia’s transition
to a low carbon economy.
Santos joins other energy companies at Expo – including AGL, Alstom,
Acciona, Origin, Woodside, Newmont, Xstrata, Caltex – on-hand to network with delegates and form the business relationships that will achieve this
transition in the Australian economy.
The delegate registration form and draft program can be downloaded
from Expo’s website at http://www.carbonexpo.com.au
Expo will also feature a focus on the Asian ‘Green Revolution’. Expo
sponsor, Norton Rose, have recently launched an Asia Pacific climate
change policy series for those looking to understand and capitalise
on the very real opportunities present in the Asia Pacific region –
http://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications2010pub30206.aspx?lang=en-gb ”
This “carbon” (dioxide) tax is obviously going to be a “gold mine” for the energy sector.
Unbelievable how many fingers are in the pie. It must be a big pie – as we know.
No one would have voted for her Loaded and taking into account that she has been charged with misprision of treason in Victoria along with quiet a few others she is forbidden to hold any position in govt let alone PM.Futhermore the oath she took the other day was itself a load of crap.
@ den says “the oath she took the other day”
What you probably meant to say den was that Gillard should have taken an “OAF”…which is something she would be very familiar with…being one herself.
As a liar, she would be incapable of taking an “oath” – which is why it was you identified her actions the “other day” as being nothing but a – “load of crap”
I’m not too surprised by this. I guess when Krazy Kloppers comments about a carbon tax, Prime Minister Gillard will follow. So who’s really running this country then?
& just when you thought it was only Australia breeding nutters along comes this little gem!,,,,,,,,http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1312874/White-House-changes-global-warming-global-climate-disruption.html
Will it last six months? The carbon tax will be so unpopular by then, as people realise what they unwittingly signed up to. Your economy will nosedive, just when Japan & China are altering focus. As I may have said before, you are selflessly providing the rest of the world with a perfect example of the folly of carbon taxes (and their irrelevance to the actual climate).
When Prime Minister Gillard made that promise about having no carbon tax, it reminds me of Bill Clinton when he said “I did not have sex with that woman”.
Now what do they both have in common you say?
They are both false.
The core of this debate is driven as much by climate as Kloppers is motivated by altruism. It is all about finding a mechanism for wealth redistribution that socialists can dress up as some imperative and right now that’s climate, where exploitation of fear becomes ascendant over clear thinking and turns normally rational humans into easily manipulated ballot box fodder. Could a Canberra tax pull down atmospheric CO2 in a way that the entire plant biomass cannot? Only social engineers, megalomaniacs or those who smell a buck could ‘believe’ such fairy tales so let’s start calling a tax a TAX and move the debate out from under the smoke blanket. This is no different to the coming death duties, inheritance tax and sky rocketing utility costs.
So much time devoted to bleeding workers and their families to death- so little time devoted to avoiding mega-waste and giving value for your tax dollar.
This is not madness , it is INSANITY !!!!
I hope our honourable PM Gillard will get the message from the Bilderberg Group.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100055500/global-cooling-and-the-new-world-order/