Excellent, the sooner the better
The Coalition's Plan to Abolish the Carbon Tax.
- As soon as an election is called, the Coalition will take immediate and concrete steps to repeal the Carbon Tax.
- Repealing the Carbon Tax will ease cost of living pressures on families, help small business and restore confidence to the economy.
- On the day the election is called, I will write to the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to make it clear that, if elected, the first priority of a Coalition Government will be the repeal of the Carbon Tax.
- Within the spirit of the Caretaker conventions, I will also formally request the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to desist from making any further determinations in relation to grants, funds or financing.
- If elected, the Coalition will take immediate steps to implement our plan to abolish the Carbon Tax.
- On day one, I will instruct the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to draft legislation that repeals the Carbon Tax and to have the legislation ready within one month.
- On day one, the Finance Minister will notify the Clean Energy Finance Corporation that it should suspend its operations and instruct the Department of Finance to prepare legislation to permanently shut-down the Corporation.
- On day one, the Environment Minister will instruct the Department to commence the implementation of the Coalition’s Direct Action Plan on climate change and carbon emissions.
- Within the first month, the Cabinet will approve legislation to repeal the Carbon Tax.
- On the first sitting day of Parliament under a Coalition Government, I will introduce legislation to repeal the Carbon Tax.
- The first piece of legislation to be debated in the Parliament will be the repeal of the Carbon Tax.
- As soon as the Carbon Tax is repealed, the Environment Minister will introduce legislation to enact the Coalition’s Direct Action Plan on climate change and carbon emissions.
- Within the first sitting fortnight of Parliament, the Finance Minister will introduce legislation to shut-down the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
I expect that the Parliament will respect the mandate of the people and repeal the Carbon Tax.
To oppose the mandate of a government elected on a platform of abolishing the Carbon Tax would be as reprehensible as the Gillard Government’s action to introduce a Carbon Tax without a mandate from the people.
- If Labor and the Greens combine to block the express will of the Australian people, a Coalition Government would seek dissolution of both Houses of Parliament.
We would then introduce the legislation to abolish the Carbon Tax at a subsequent Joint Sitting of the Parliament.
Unlike the Prime Minister, I mean what I say:
there will be no Carbon Tax under a government I lead.
Tony Abbott MHR
Leader of the Opposition
http://www.liberal.org.au/our-plan-abolish-carbon-tax
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/liberals-plan-to-dismantle-carbon-laws/story-fn59niix-1226645695162
