2010-09-22
Australia's New Prime Minister Considers Carbon Tax. The Australian, September 20, 2010. "During the August election, Julia Gillard campaigned on the idea of a citizens' assembly that would help achieve a 'consensus' before deciding on a [climate] policy. After the election, but before forming government, Labor announced an alliance with the Greens and Ms Gillard agreed to a new climate change committee to report on the best options for imposing a price on carbon to cut emissions. Then, last week, Ms Gillard left open the prospect of backing a carbon tax, saying she would not play 'rule in, rule out' political games on how the government would impose a carbon price… Greens leader Bob Brown yesterday said membership of the Gillard government's new climate change committee was predicated on supporting a price on carbon."
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