So true but Rudd will say anything and lie if he thinks it will trend on twitter or it may gain him a vote...Such a shallow person he is
KEVIN Rudd has admitted Labor did not have a mandate from voters to introduce a carbon tax.
During the 2010 election campaign, former prime minister Julia Gillard ruled out a carbon tax under her government.
But she went on to introduce a fixed price on carbon pollution, with plans to move to an emissions trading scheme in 2015.
Mr Rudd said in the past Labor governments “had got a number of things wrong”.
“For example, I don't think our actions on the carbon tax were right, that's why I changed it to move towards a floating price,” the Prime Minister told ABC TV.
“To begin with, we didn't have a mandate for it.”
Mr Rudd was asked whether Opposition Leader Tony Abbott would have a mandate to repeal the carbon tax if he wins the September 7 election.
I'm in the business of taking the argument up with the Australian people as to why the government should be returned,” he told reporters in Canberra.
Opposition climate action spokesman Greg Hunt seized on Mr Rudd's “mandate” admission.
“Kevin Rudd today finally admitted that Labor betrayed the Australian people,” he said.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd fesses up on carbon tax but voters still unsure of Labor
KEVIN Rudd says Julia Gillard never had a mandate for the carbon tax.
His surprise admission comes as a new Galaxy Poll for the Herald Sun shows voters in Victorian marginal seats think the Coalition is more likely to keep election promises than Labor.
The Prime Minister validated Tony Abbott's relentless attack on the carbon tax as a broken promise, even though he famously kissed Ms Gillard in Parliament as Labor celebrated the legislation passing in 2011.
"I don't think our actions on the carbon tax were right. That's why I changed it and moved towards a floating price," he said.
"To begin with, we didn't have a mandate for it. Furthermore, a floating price is the best response to changing international markets."
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