The carbon tax legislation has arrived in Parliament. All 1100-plus pages of it.
Soure: The Australian, 13.09.11
Last week it was to be 13 individual pieces of legislation, on Monday it was 18 bills, by Thursday it had become 19 bills.
The Labor, Greens and so-called independents alliance has already guillotined debate. Individual members of the House of Representatives will have just one minute per bill to speak in the debate.
When John Howard and Peter Costello committed to introduce the GST, they had the decency to take the policy to the people.
But even more Labor hypocrisy has arisen this week.
Unlike the GST, which had more than half a dozen separate and concurrent inquiries, Julia Gillard has limited the carbon tax to a single inquiry. And it gets more ridiculous. The advertisement below will appear in tomorrow’s Weekend Australian:
Note that submissions close next Thursday. Yes, only 6 DAYS to make submissions to 19 individual pieces of legislation! And the inquiry is to report by 7 October. That is a grand total of 11 working days after submissions close.
This is nothing less than a sham inquiry for bad legislation pushed by a government based on a lie.
All Australians should consider making submissions to the inquiry – information is available here. Submissions can be written, emailed, faxed or posted – and they can be as short or as lengthy as you wish.
Every household and every small business will pay higher power prices and higher taxes because of this carbon tax.
Make it clear to the members of the ALP, Greens and so-called Independents that you will not let Julia Gillard and Labor get away with ramming this through Parliament in the hope that you will forget before the next election.
An anniversary…
Three years ago today I made my maiden speech to the Senate. It certainly has been an extraordinary three years.
In my speech I spoke of the dangers of a government running the public finances into deficit, the importance of federalism, the danger of new taxes and the fatal conceit of the left believing an economy could be controlled and regulated.
It has been an extraordinary privilege to serve in the Senate, even more so to join Tony Abbott’s frontbench following the disappointment of last year’s election. Since then I have worked with the small business community around Australia, particularly fighting Labor’s carbon tax which will do so much damage.
I look forward to continuing to work with you to remove this government – Australia deserves and needs better.