Category Archives: carbon tax

Australia’s pointless carbon experiment

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

The question is, how long will this last, and how long will the public tolerate these two kissy faced politicians? About these ads

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Australia’s Carbon tax’s poisonous pill

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

Story submitted by Richard Abbott At the last Australian federal election the incumbent government lead by prime minister Julia Gillard’s Labor party stood with a “no carbon tax policy”. To form a minority Labor party government three elected independent members … Continue reading →

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Let them truckers roll down under, 10-4

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

From The Australian, the beginning of a nationwide convoy protesting the carbon tax. I’m sure the delicate sensibilities of the ruling class in Canberra, most of which don’t know the meaning of actual work, will be greatly offended when these … Continue reading →

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Netherlands testing car use meters that tax your environmental impact as you drive

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

Looks to me like a system ripe for hacking and fraud that will turn ordinary citizens into criminals. The New York Times reports that the Netherlands is testing a new car use tax system that will tax drivers based upon … Continue reading →

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The fight deepens over the Carbon Tax in Australia

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

There is quite a fight brewing in Australia between regular folks and the Gillard government. It will come to a head when a big nationwide convoy of truckers descend on the delicate government types in the Canberra Australian Capital Territory. … Continue reading →

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Carbon Tax needs a sunset clause

Posted on July 30, 2011 by

Sunset Clause for the C-Tax? Letter to the Editor Watts Up With That? 30 July 2011 Australians must insist that the monstrous carbon dioxide tax legislation has a sunset clause which is triggered by global cooling. This whole tax extravaganza … Continue reading →

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A down under slide show on the folly of the carbon tax

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

A reminder to PM Gillard: you are a carbon based life form. Here’s the entire slide show online from Philip R. Wood in Australia given July 14th.

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Give this lady an Order of Australia medal

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

The death spiral of PM Julia Gillard and the Labor Party in Australia continues, and it has been pretty much a sealed fate thanks to one nameless woman in gift shop where Gillard got cornered, and this lady stood up … Continue reading →

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Carbon Tax Mark 4? A Stealthy Cancer

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

Letter to the Editor Watts Up With That 10 July 2011 Carbon Tax Mark 4 is flimsy but dangerous. Because of public opposition to a new tax on everything, the tax has been gutted. The PM hopes to buy public … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon tax, Letters To The Editor, Opinion | 67 Comments

“Carbon Sunday” – The madness in Australia over the Carbon Tax

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

They are calling it “Carbon Sunday”. This is a collection of links and excerpts regarding PM Julia Gillard’s speech announcing the tax. In a nutshell, from what I can see, the majority of Australians are pissed, and she’s toast, partly … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon tax, Climate News, Politics | 124 Comments

UK business poised to flee green carbon tax

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

From The GWPF, newsbytes on the subject of UK Businesses Threaten To Flee Abroad To Escape Green Energy Levies British industry’s ability to compete with companies overseas is under threat from punitive green energy costs, the new president of the … Continue reading →

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Pressure Mounts To Come Clean On Hidden Green Taxes

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

Newsbytes from Dr. Benny Peiser at The GWPF: Power companies were under mounting pressure last night to come clean about the green ‘stealth levies’ secretly added to fuel bills – and tell customers exactly how much they are paying for … Continue reading →

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Green economic thinking: revenge not economics

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

Guest Post by Barry Woods TATA recently announced the loss of 1500 jobs in the steel industry in the UK, with the explanation that this was at least in part because of a price on carbon announced in the setting of Carbon Budgets which are … Continue reading →

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Australia! Say YES – to an election on carbon tax

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

Guest post by Ruth Bonnett In late 2010, I wrote about how bad science can give rise to bad policy.  My Christmas message to farmers in Australia and around the world: I am an urban dweller who just happens to … Continue reading →

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Skeptic Strategy for Talking About Global Warming

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein What should a responsible Skeptic say to an astute audience? When recently invited by the “Technology, Engineering, and Science Plus” group in my community to give a talk and answer questions, I knew I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Cap-and-trade, carbon tax, Climate sensitivity, Climategate, Climate_change, Global warming, NASA GISS, Uncategorized | 557 Comments

Value Adding in Australia – the Beginning of the End?

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

News Alert: Smelting and Refining of Mount Isa copper in Queensland to cease. Guest post by Viv Forbes The first industries of Australia were farming and mining and these two have been the backbone of the nation ever since. Both … Continue reading →

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The “Taxing your car by the mile” plan

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

Or in other words, we’ll all drive “taxis”, except for the chosen exempt few. Yesterday on “The Hill” they reported this story: Obama admin. floats draft plan to tax cars by the mile: ‘A vehicle miles traveled tax could be … Continue reading →

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Australia’s bad carbon policy advice dissected

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

Wrong advice, wrong policy by Bob Carter, David Evans, Stewart Franks, Bill Kininmonth & Des Moore From Quadrant Online April 25, 2011 Government misadvised on global warming On November 10 last year, the government’s Multi-party Climate Change Committee (MCCC) received … Continue reading →

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