So Labor will not stand against the repeal of the disastrous CT but will try to flim flam the voters that it will cling to it's ETS & hope the voters will go down this tragic path with them again.
With all that's been written, post Labors massive loss, they still haven't faced the real reasons for their demise, their policies stunk, could not pass the smell test & the voters repudiated them.
In April 2010, I had to brief Kevin Rudd before the news conference in which he would announce he was postponing his pursuit of a carbon price.
That morning the Herald had broken the story before Rudd was prepared. He was burning with rage, not just over the leak but, I suspect, over his own decision. He sincerely believed in carbon pricing and was furious at himself and his colleagues for putting politics over principle. He was a man divided.
In the news conference, he attempted the impossible: to argue the government remained committed to carbon pricing, just not right now. Voters are quick to sniff a rat, and the whiff of one clung to the air like raw sewage: either Labor had the courage of its convictions or it didn't. This was the beginning of Rudd's end.
Labor seems about to repeat history. It is time to learn from Rudd's error. If the rumours are to be believed, Labor will announce it will allow Tony Abbott's repeal of the carbon tax but retain its faith in carbon pricing, in principle.
They are not against all carbon prices - just this carbon price.
