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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/hot-topics/carbon-tax/ feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) http://www.thepunch.com.au/hot-topics/carbon-tax/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/hot-topics/carbon-tax/#item6887 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Julia Gillard might still need the Greens for support on important legislation, but the success of the carbon pricing package doesn’t mean a solid partnership has been formed. In fact, it is possible there will be some big brawls ahead as Labor minister stop biting their tongues and tell the Greens what they really think. Or more accurately, tell the electorate. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/This-could-be-the-end-of-a-beautiful-fake-friendship/ Julia Gillard might still need the Greens for support on important legislation, but the success of the carbon pricing package doesn’t mean a solid partnership has been formed. In fact, it is possible there will be some big brawls ahead as Labor minister stop biting their tongues and tell the Greens what they really think. Or more accurately, tell the electorate. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/This-could-be-the-end-of-a-beautiful-fake-friendship/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/This-could-be-the-end-of-a-beautiful-fake-friendship/#item7108 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Julia Gillard might still need the Greens for support on important legislation, but the success of the carbon pricing package doesn’t mean a solid partnership has been formed. In fact, it is possible there will be some big brawls ahead as Labor minister stop biting their tongues and tell the Greens what they really think. Or more accurately, tell the electorate. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abbott-will-keep-flogging-the-carbon-horse-of-course/ The Opposition will keep fighting the carbon pricing scheme because there isn’t a lot else of similar weight which would recommend a vote for Tony Abbott’s troops at the next election. And it’s easier than coming up with functional policies Mr Abbott could call his own. The Nationals’ Barnaby Joyce joined the chorus of outrage after the passage of the Clean Energy Future bills: “It is not a defeat; it’s an adjournment.” feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abbott-will-keep-flogging-the-carbon-horse-of-course/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abbott-will-keep-flogging-the-carbon-horse-of-course/#item7104 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Julia Gillard might still need the Greens for support on important legislation, but the success of the carbon pricing package doesn’t mean a solid partnership has been formed. In fact, it is possible there will be some big brawls ahead as Labor minister stop biting their tongues and tell the Greens what they really think. Or more accurately, tell the electorate. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gillards-carbon-victory-more-toxic-than-sweet/ Two years after Kevin Rudd’s carbon pollution reduction scheme crashed in Parliament, Julia Gillard is poised to achieve what he could not: a fixed price on carbon leading to a full emissions trading scheme from 2015. Debate in the Senate will be “guillotined” later today to bring on a vote on the bills thereby concluding the crucial legislative phase of what has become the most divisive political argument in decades. The 19 bill package setting a $23-a-tonne price rising by 5 per cent for the following two years is expected to pass on a combination of Greens and Labor votes. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gillards-carbon-victory-more-toxic-than-sweet/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gillards-carbon-victory-more-toxic-than-sweet/#item7095 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Julia Gillard might still need the Greens for support on important legislation, but the success of the carbon pricing package doesn’t mean a solid partnership has been formed. In fact, it is possible there will be some big brawls ahead as Labor minister stop biting their tongues and tell the Greens what they really think. Or more accurately, tell the electorate. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-carbon-tax-all-economic-pain-no-environmental-gain/ So the Gillard government has now rammed its 19 carbon tax bills through the House of Representatives. This is despite an emphatic pre-election promise that there would be no carbon tax under a Gillard led government, in defiance of strong public opposition to the tax and in spite of overwhelming evidence that a carbon tax is not in our national interest. The bills will now move to the Senate. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-carbon-tax-all-economic-pain-no-environmental-gain/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-carbon-tax-all-economic-pain-no-environmental-gain/#item6905 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Julia Gillard might still need the Greens for support on important legislation, but the success of the carbon pricing package doesn’t mean a solid partnership has been formed. In fact, it is possible there will be some big brawls ahead as Labor minister stop biting their tongues and tell the Greens what they really think. Or more accurately, tell the electorate. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/carbon-tax-the-ladys-not-for-turning/ The carbon pricing plan is now a millstone around the neck of Labor, dragging it down at a rate being starkly charted by recent opinion polls. But, to confuse rock-based metaphors, the party and its most apprehensive members have no choice but to keep their shoulders to that millstone. To relent by dropping the policy or dropping its mistress, Julia Gillard, would condemn the ALP to a decade out of power marked by internal animosities and blame placing. If the carbon pricing scheme is abandoned between now and its scheduled start next July the Government will have established that for five years it as been incapable of implementing its highest policy priority. That is not a recommendation for re-election. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/carbon-tax-the-ladys-not-for-turning/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/carbon-tax-the-ladys-not-for-turning/#item6274 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Julia Gillard might still need the Greens for support on important legislation, but the success of the carbon pricing package doesn’t mean a solid partnership has been formed. In fact, it is possible there will be some big brawls ahead as Labor minister stop biting their tongues and tell the Greens what they really think. Or more accurately, tell the electorate. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/no-ones-tuning-in-to-gillard-fm/ Labor strategists believe that in normal circumstances, their Prime Minister has both sufficient time and enough fibre to turn things around. Indeed, “fibre”, in this case “carbon fibre” is perhaps Julia Gillard’s last best hope. But first, she must get voters to listen. And that is the hard part. As today’s Galaxy Poll suggests, many voters may never again be inclined to tune into `Gillard FM’, bruised as they are from what they see as an unforgivable breach of trust on the carbon tax. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/no-ones-tuning-in-to-gillard-fm/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/no-ones-tuning-in-to-gillard-fm/#item6275 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Julia Gillard might still need the Greens for support on important legislation, but the success of the carbon pricing package doesn’t mean a solid partnership has been formed. In fact, it is possible there will be some big brawls ahead as Labor minister stop biting their tongues and tell the Greens what they really think. Or more accurately, tell the electorate. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Gillards-won-this-skirmish-but-theres-a-battle-ahead/ Julia Gillard is asking many in middle Australia, maybe half of the electorate, if they are prepared to forego around $1 a day to prevent climate change getting a lot worse. She is arguing that the $1 is a fair and realistic investment with a worthy and guaranteed dividend. That’s the essential message from the huge bundle of spending and levying and tax cutting announced yesterday with the release of the carbon pollution pricing scheme. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Gillards-won-this-skirmish-but-theres-a-battle-ahead/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Gillards-won-this-skirmish-but-theres-a-battle-ahead/#item6259 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Julia Gillard might still need the Greens for support on important legislation, but the success of the carbon pricing package doesn’t mean a solid partnership has been formed. In fact, it is possible there will be some big brawls ahead as Labor minister stop biting their tongues and tell the Greens what they really think. Or more accurately, tell the electorate. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Carbon-tax-is-no-answer-for-all-these-questions/ The Carbon Tax? It’s all about the vibe. Whether the Prime Minister stands or falls and whether the damn thing works, it’s all about the vibe. First, the PM vibe – since her survival seems to be a topic for more immediate concern than the survival of the planet. There are two crucial questions to ask about that. Are voters still listening to what Julia Gillard says or have they already switched off and are just waiting for an election? And just how much credibility does she have? feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Carbon-tax-is-no-answer-for-all-these-questions/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Carbon-tax-is-no-answer-for-all-these-questions/#item6255 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Julia Gillard might still need the Greens for support on important legislation, but the success of the carbon pricing package doesn’t mean a solid partnership has been formed. In fact, it is possible there will be some big brawls ahead as Labor minister stop biting their tongues and tell the Greens what they really think. Or more accurately, tell the electorate. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/spoonfuls-of-sugar-help-carbon-medicine-go-down/ Julia Gillard has attempted the political equivalent of cold fusion - making a big new tax popular. Having backflipped on a promise not to introduce a carbon tax, and against trenchant opposition from a barnstorming Tony Abbott, Ms Gillard had little choice but to plough on, to crash or crash through. Her solution after months of tortuous negotiations and endless parried questions on the details, is either genius or lunacy. Time will tell. It has involved transforming what was expected to be a painful exercise in de-carbonising the economy into a big win for most voters. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/spoonfuls-of-sugar-help-carbon-medicine-go-down/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/spoonfuls-of-sugar-help-carbon-medicine-go-down/#item6262 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Julia Gillard might still need the Greens for support on important legislation, but the success of the carbon pricing package doesn’t mean a solid partnership has been formed. In fact, it is possible there will be some big brawls ahead as Labor minister stop biting their tongues and tell the Greens what they really think. Or more accurately, tell the electorate.