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Climate Change, No Moral Issue - Australian Opposition Leader
No, he is not going to raise taxes on anyone or anything, not even on cigarettes. We certainly don't believe in a great big new tax masquerading as an environmental policy.
But where is the money for measures to counter climate change, if he is going to do anything about it? Any magic wand, a reporter asked Mr. Abott satirically.
But the Liberal Party leader was not to be put down. He responded, saying, Well, you know Mr Rudd can find money for all sorts of things. He can find $43 billion for a national broadband network. I can tell you now our climate change policies will be vastly less expensive than just that one policy of Mr Rudd's. And if Mr Rudd can find $43 billion to fund a climate change policy we can certainly find the funding for ours.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has declared he is determined to press ahead with reintroducing his Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme that was voted down in extraordinary circumstances last year. He is talking about reducing carbon emissions by 5 per cent over the next decade.
If the emission trade scheme proposed by the government is to be rejected, the only option would be to levy tax on the people in general, the PM contends, but the Opposition leader insists his climate change policy will be paid for with savings from the federal budget, rejecting claims it will include a "mega tax" on Australians.
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