Sky News is reporting there’s not yet been a decision in the Coalition party room on the CPRS deal offered up by the Government, meaning the Opposition is about to cop an hour-and-a-half pasting in Question Time.

Kevin Rudd already went pretty hard on the Nats, and the Liberal climate change sceptics, in his lunch time press conference - he needs to look strong while at the same time offering the Opposition $7 billion in concessions on the scheme. This should be a corker. We’ll be here from 2pm.

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    • Greg Barrington says:

      03:36pm | 24/11/09

      Your comment: can someone explain to me how an ETS (carbon tax) will decrease emissions with an ever increasing world population? Better yet observe the ETS operating in Canada at the moment. There has been no change to the ever increasing emissions in that country and most of the money collected has gone into consolidated revenue. One would expect that India with its ever increasing population will need a drastic ETS. I suspect I will die waiting.

    • Steven says:

      03:40pm | 24/11/09

      If Malcom Turnbull sells us out, and the ETS gets passed as a result, the economic turmoil and political backlash will be phenomenal. The only name for these traitors to Australian society will be “The November criminals”...

      Are we doomed to repeating history?

    • Liberal Voter says:

      04:21pm | 24/11/09

      If Malcolm Turnbull sells out our country today by sinking the CPRS, his party will sink into oblivion, to be remembered by history only as a dysfunctional, ignorant, foolish rabble that destroyed itself, all by its own hand.

    • Peter says:

      08:00pm | 24/11/09

      Let’s take a deep breath after all the back room deals; what we have is a new tax called ETS that combined with GST will achieve nothing in the way of reduced emissions.  But we call feel good about the planet ,Australia is doing it’s part. Look on the bright side, the government has more cash to start genuinely looking at alternative, while the polluters can deprecate last centuries crap till 2020. Good deal for whom?

 

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