Lexi,

Of course I am in favour of a global agreement and have said so several times. As and when this happens I will support a carbon tax / ETS. However, until then the carbon tax is effort without reward.

Also if a carbon tax is introduced, I see compensation as a money go round. I would prefer if the tax were introduced at a small rate and ramped up, with the revenues being used to build better generation.

For example, if the tax were started at $5 with no compensation, it could be sold to the public far more easily, business would have its certainty, and the money could be used to change Hazelwood to gas, and you would have 3% reduction almost immediately.

What the ALP is proposing is a complete abortion, that will damage industry, and have little to no effect on Australian emissions let alone global.

Lexi, I did google it. The WA farmers federation comment is some
months old, the new cost analysis of the downstream effects on
farmers, is only a couple of days old. So my point remains.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Harper+government+receives+diplomatic+spanking+over+climate+policies/4921908/story.html
A very worth while link, it questions the idea put by Abbott that Australia is about to go it alone.
Other Worth while story's can be found on the front page of the paper carrying this story.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13719510
This too is a link of great interest
Shadow Minister as you have spent years saying I do not post links here are some comments.

Belly,

Even the productivity report tagged that Australia is already spending more on GHG reductions than China, the US, Canada, India, and Japan, so the carbon tax will put it far ahead.

Your links don't dispute anything I have said.

Terminological Inexactitude there mate.
I Think they rebut your oft stated view we act alone very well.
More links to come.
In telling me off for not posting them, you had it right.