Two of the last three Coalition leaders have broken promises. The other, Turnbull, today stood in parliament and voted against his own conviction of what he believes is right for Australia.

If it's okay for them, it's okay for Gillard. At least she is willing to do what she believes is the right course of action, even if it costs her politically. There is more integrity gained in that fact than is lost in the so-called broken promise.

In regards to why is the tax so significant?

Tell me, what is the point of doing it at all if it's not significant enough to motivate behavioral changes? It needs to actually make a difference, otherwise it truelly is a waste of time and effort.

PS I forgot about Brendon Nelson, but do you blame me?

Sigh!

9 Months to carbon tax, then probably 14 months to remove Labor, and another 6 months to remove the tax.

At least with a double dissolution we will dislodge Labor from the senate too.

It must be hard for you go through this. Congratulations to Julia for bringing the Carbon Tax to a successful vote. A major win for Australia's clean future . Another two opposing votes from the opposition, which have not contributed any thing at all to the well-being of Australia, since the beginning of the hung parliament.
Two Hundred bills passed and no contribution from the opposition.

It's not just me, it's every Australian either with less in their pocket, or without a job. Juliar lied to us, and now wants us to shut up. She is not getting back in the lodge.

Well, it will be only be about 2 years before the tax is gone.

Interestingly, that hot bed of global warming bull, the UK bureau of meteorology, yesterday forecast the probability of a "little ice age" in the UK, which would probably last decades. Something to do with the suns UV output. Looks like some are starting to think about covering their backs.

Simultaneously a new peer reviewed study of the effect of the Netherlands vast wind farm investment, on the production of CO2 in their power industry was announced. It's to be published in Nature. It found the same result as a similar study in Texas.

Sorry greenies, in fact no I'm not sorry, the findings are that in both cases, the introduction of wind generation for the main grids result in an increase in the total production of CO2 by the industry. As one paper put it, the more windmills, the more CO2.

Guess our wonderful Julie only got her knife into us just in time. A few more months & even our idiot independents would have had to vote it down.

Labor does not dislike pensioners, I am one of them, and I have had three or maybe four increases in my pension of late, too many people talk too much garbage regarding Carbon tax, as the Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on TV yesterday, Tony Abbott has both run a scare campaign regarding the carbon tax, and is economically illiterate, I didn't vote for either Major Parties, but I will go along with the above statement from our Prime Minister, most thinking people have been able to see through Tony Abbott, methinks he won't look too clever after the next election., He has turned me off the Liberal Party once and for all.
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