I have just faxed the following one page letter to the 20 Labor MP’s on the smallest majorities, plus eight relevant cabinet level people. I intend to follow this up with a series over the next two weeks – each dealing mainly with one aspect of the case against a carbon tax.
Everybody who opposes the Carbon Tax should write to or contact MP’s – we have few methods available to make our views heard.
Reasons to Oppose a Carbon Tax
You know that Prime Minister Gillard went to the last election saying there would be ‘‘no carbon tax under the government I lead’’.
You know also that The Deputy Prime Minister, Wayne Swan, said last August that if Labor won the election there would be no carbon tax during its three-year term.
Obviously these astute statements helped save your Labor Government from defeat last year – so voters out here know there is clearly no mandate for the carbon tax.
Do you know that Australian carbon dioxide emissions are less than 1.5% of global carbon dioxide emissions ?
So it is crystal clear that your Green-Labor Government could dismantle the Australian economy back to Stone Age levels – and the world could not measure the circa 1% change in global carbon dioxide emissions that would be produced by our sacrifice.
Do you know that CSIRO research in 1992 showed that the Australian landmass absorbed our emissions from industry and land clearing ? See www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BT9920527.htm
So from a global perspective Australia produces practically no net carbon dioxide emissions anyway.
Your Government should call a fresh election now and campaign on a platform to introduce a carbon tax – and then your Government could earn the mandate to introduce this colossal change to our national life.
Yours etc