http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/tim-ayres/ Tim Ayres is NSW Secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. Tim sees the AMWU playing a key role in developing a world-leading manufacturing sector in Australia, particularly in the area of clean energy technology and products. He lives with his wife and kids in Sydney. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/yuppies-have-nothing-to-fear-from-a-price-on-carbon/ There won’t be mass lay-offs of lawyers, advertising executives and journalists if policy makers get it wrong on climate change. Trade in skinny lattes is not tipped to move offshore. Sales of Birkenstock sandals are also expected to remain unaffected. Inner-city proponents of tough action on climate change don’t always get it. That’s because middle-class professional jobs and communities aren’t the battleground of climate change policy. If you wear steel capped boots to work and drink instant coffee you might not spend much time talking about climate change; but it is the blue-collar workers in Western Sydney and our great industrial regions that have a real stake in the debate. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tim Ayres) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/yuppies-have-nothing-to-fear-from-a-price-on-carbon/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/yuppies-have-nothing-to-fear-from-a-price-on-carbon/#item4102 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:45:30 +0000 Tim Ayres | Author bios | The Punch