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1. Graeme Inkster Says:
   June 25th, 2012 at 12:16 pm

   Warwick,
   I find the release very interesting for its timing. Not after the failed Rio+20 junket, but because it has been made public.

   It would seem that the Coalition have realised that 65% of Australians no longer believe in man-made global warming, and reason that getting 65% of the vote will be enough to win the next election. Labor, pushed by the Greens, will have to oppose this, or explain why the carbon tax is such a “Good Idea”, leaving them stuck around 30% in the polls. It can also be useful if their fear of Rudd resurrected and promising to reduce the carbon tax before an immediate election takes place, by reminding people about the waste and confusion in his first life.

2. val majkus Says:
   June 25th, 2012 at 3:28 pm

   Now if the Coalition would only renounce the 2020 RET target

3. val majkus Says:
   June 25th, 2012 at 4:27 pm

   I made this comment on Catallaxy today
   catallaxyfiles.com/2012/06/25/bad-ideas-are-slow-killers/#comments
   if the links don’t work here have a look at Catallaxy site and my comment to see the damage that Labor has done in Queensland

   something special is happening in Queensland
   THE STATE BALANCE SHEET
   The critical financial issue facing Queensland in the immediate future is the high and
   rising level of gross debt (identified in the balance sheet as ‘Borrowing’). Gross debt
   represents an accumulation of gross borrowings across a number of years, primarily
   driven by cash shortfalls.
   Up until 2006-07, Queensland’s gross debt levels were low and stable. The majority
   of the State’s gross debt was held by Government Owned Corporations. Gross debt
   in the General Government sector was small and manageable, representing around
   20% of the State’s gross debt.
   As illustrated in Chart 2.1, the level of Total Government gross debt almost tripled
   over the period 2005-06 to 2009-10. Gross debt is currently $64 billion in 2011-12,
   and is expected to reach $92 billion in 2015-16. On current projections, gross debt
   will reach $100 billion by 2018-19.
   Most of this increase has occurred in the General Government sector, where gross
   debt has increased more than tenfold in the last five years.

   How to repair the State’s finances

   The fiscal repair task is enormous.
   Either expenditure (both recurrent and capital) needs to be wound back or revenues
   need to be dramatically boosted, so that the accumulation of further debt is arrested.
   However, given the relatively narrow State tax base and the heavy reliance on
   Australian Government payments, there are limited prospects to boost revenue. It is
   likely therefore that a major part of the adjustment burden will need to be borne by
   the expenditure side of the budget, particularly recurrent expenditure. This is where
   much of the structural imbalance in the budget originated.

   the interim report into Qld finances can be found in sections here

4. val majkus Says:
   June 29th, 2012 at 1:28 pm

   PETITION against the carbon tax
   www.nationals.org.au/Home/RepealtheCarbonTax/Petition.aspx

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