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Australia Votes to Repeal Carbon Tax

posted by janrinok on Friday July 18 2014, @04:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the let-the-taxpayer-pay dept.

AnonTechie writes:

Australia's Senate has voted to repeal the carbon tax, a levy on the biggest polluters passed by the previous Labor government. Prime Minister Tony Abbott, whose Liberal-National coalition beat Labor in an election last year, had made the repeal a central aim of his government.

Politicians have been locked in a fierce row about the tax for years. Labor says it helps to combat climate change, but the Liberals claim it penalises legitimate businesses. The Australian Senate voted by 39 to 32 votes to repeal the tax. Introduced in July 2012, it charges the 348 highest polluters A$ 23 (£ 13; US$ 22.60) for every tonne of greenhouse gases they produce.

The Climate Institute think-tank said in a statement that the move left Australia "bereft of credible climate policy".

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot said the carbon tax had been "useless and destructive". He says he plans to replace it with a A$2.55bn taxpayer-funded plan under which industries will be paid to reduce emissions and use cleaner energy.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Friday July 18 2014, @07:04AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 18 2014, @07:04AM (#70653) Journal

    I guess it is to be expected when the Prime Minister is a Jesuit-educated creationist...

    Mate, I don't know about "Jesuit-educated creationist" ... You may call him a religious bigot, but maybe you'll have to drop the jesuit attribute, it doesn't fit with Abbot.

    You see, the jesuits have a good dose of social justice [bc.edu] in their ideology: none of this inside the socialize costs, privatize profit, everything else be damned attitude present in whatever Abbot does (including the interception of refugee boats in high seas and detaining them in secret [theaustralian.com.au] - even ignoring humanitarian considerations, that's borderline state-sponsored piracy).

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  • (Score: 2) by RobotMonster on Friday July 18 2014, @09:23AM

    by RobotMonster (130) on Friday July 18 2014, @09:23AM (#70703) Journal

    I didn't say he was a good student!
    However, he was educated at Jesuit schools.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday July 18 2014, @09:29AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 18 2014, @09:29AM (#70705) Journal

      I didn't say he was a good student!
      However, he was taught at Jesuit schools (, apparently with little result to his education)

      FTFY

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