True to its hypocritical form, the EU that dominated promotion of the climate change hoax; that foolishly adopted large CO2 emission reductions, but exempted two of the world’s largest emitters China and India from any reduction; that then dysfunctionally lifted the bloc's emission reduction ambitions to 55 per cent below the 2005 level; now wants to reduce the resulting competitive disadvantage of its industries by penalising the rest of the world.

The hypocritical climate change behaviour of the NSW Government should not pass without comment. In yet another serious lapse of judgement by its Cabinet, it not only adopted far-left Liberal Matt Kean’s fanciful net zero emissions target, but also subsequently accepted Kean’s nomination of green-left, failed prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, as chair of the Net Zero Emissions and Clean Economy board.

Malcolm, owner of an expansive farm in the Upper Hunter, and campaigner for cleaner air, wasted no time in calling for a moratorium on new coal mines in NSW. Ironically, this coincided with disgraced Nationals MP Michael Johnsen’s resignation from the marginal State seat of Upper Hunter, that is heavily reliant on coal mining. Given Malcolm’s voter deterring history, the NSW Coalition now appears likely to lose the by-election

Dear diver dan,

You write: "The author does well to point out the iniquity of a carbon tax."

Do he doesn't at all. The only iniquities here are expecting EU manufacturers to be undercut at will by manufacturers from a first world country like Australia who isn't prepared to shoulder its due burden of climate change action. That's it. Full stop.

Dear Raycom,

Climate change is not a hoax. It is demonstrably real and occurring apace therefore the rest of what you have put is rubbish.

SteeleRedux

You totally ignored my point.

Give an example of which manufactures are undercutting EU manufacturers, I’d be very surprised if you could show any relevant kindred industries which import to EU that would make a ripple on their (the EU), overall imports

More correct to ask probably, is which farm commodity is undercutting the highly subsidised EU rural sector.

Our rural producers are also subsidised directly and indirectly.
It’s more a question of who wins the war of subsidies, and SFA to do with carbon tax or lack of it.

We are paying $7b already in kind, for carbon BS.
I subscribe to the theory put forward here, their whine about lack Au carbon tax effecting the EU, is not felicitous and is actually “Virtue Signalling”.

Dan

Raycom

Interesting that “gay malcom” is enmeshed in the crime scene of the Upper Hunter.
Of course his crimes will be honest ones like tax dodging.
Remember his exposure for the same dealings exposed in the Panama Papers leak.

Not forgetting one from the same school of tricks, currently looking out from behind bars, Eddie O’Beid . (Along with his partner in crime Ian McDonald, another crooked NSW Polli. ).
Caught with his greedy hand in the till by using inside information to scorch some cheap real estate in the upper hunter, containing a proposed coal mine licence.

And let’s not dismiss the Sheriff of Nottingham’s daughter Gladys , off Scott free by all accounts, for dodgy dealing over land development at Badgerys Creek .

I think we have a problem in the upper classes, not necessarily confined to the Upper Hunter!

Dan

Dear diver dan,

You ask: "More correct to ask probably, is which farm commodity is undercutting the highly subsidised EU rural sector."

Sure. Given that France exports more wheat than Australia and Germany isn't too far behind us in wheat exporting countries then both diesel subsidies and lack of a carbon tax would certainly give us an advantage.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Steel, you’re telling porky’s again!

“Sure. Given that France exports more wheat than Australia and Germany isn't too far behind us in wheat exporting countries then both diesel subsidies and lack of a carbon tax would certainly give us an advantage.”

Australia annually exports a considerable amount more wheat than France. Germany exports nearly 1/3rd of what Australia exports, hardly iin the same league as us.

Please stick to the facts otherwise you sound more stupid than you obviously are.
Galen