Combet Wants To Tax Oz Into A Depression

AUSTRALIA’S climate change policies will lead greenhouse gas emissions to balloon out of control in the next few years, the federal government says in an annual report to the United Nations.

Instead of the 5 to 25 per cent cut being offered by the government, the nation would pump out 24 per cent more carbon dioxide by 2020, the Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet, said, using the data to make the case again for a price on carbon.

http://www.smh.com.au

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8 Responses to Combet Wants To Tax Oz Into A Depression

  1. Baa Humbug says:

    Yep, if they can get agreement with the greens party, the Labor government will tax us for our CO2 emissions whilst supporting and encouraging our great coal miners to export export export as much as they can tax free.

  2. Dave N says:

    Australia contributes 1.4% of the world’s human CO2 emissions. Humans in total contribute 3.3% of CO2 emissions including natural, so Australia’s contribution is 0.000462 of total CO2 emissions. Try and use that data to make a case, Combet.

  3. Ralph says:

    Sure is funny that Australia didn’t have a problem selling China over $50 billion worth of coal.

  4. Bruce of Newcastle says:

    Woe is me, Mr Combet is my parliamentary representative with a margin so big it would take nukes to remove him. Hmm, nukes what an idea! Mr Combet would no doubt favour a few nuke plants to replace the big government owned mercury and selenium spouting coal fired plants around Newcastle, wouldn’t he. Wouldn’t he…?

    Oh. As I said, woe’s me.

  5. Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

    Every nation needs a good depression once in a while. It stops people from voting for the Barney Franks over and over.

  6. PandR says:

    You never hear about Energy Poverty and its effects in the Australian press. Shame, the estimates for the excess deaths in the UK attributable to cold this northern winter were horrific. However, most Green voters are well off inner city voters, coming energy poverty in Australia won’t affect them so much

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