Senator Eric Abetz

“Having been elected to the Parliament of Australia on an ironclad – rock solid promise that there would be NO Carbon TAX, Tasmanian Labor Senators and Members of Parliament have shamelessly betrayed the Tasmanian people,” Senator Abetz said today.

“Labor Senators Catryna Bilyk, Carol Brown, Helen Polley, Nick Sherry, Lisa Singh, Anne Urquhart and Labor Members Sid Sidebottom, Dick Adams, Geoff Lyons and Julie Collins were all elected to the Parliament on a No Carbon TAX promise.”

 “Given that 90% of Tasmanians did not vote for the introduction of a Carbon TAX at the last election I now call upon every single Tasmanian Labor Senator and Member to explain why they have betrayed the people of Tasmania, the very people that voted them into office and why they have treated them with such contempt.”

“We already do it tough in Tasmania but this job destroying Carbon TAX is now set to make things a whole lot tougher for working families in our great State,” Senator Abetz said.

“The Government’s own modelling shows that under a Carbon Tax electricity prices will go up, food prices will go up, transport costs will rise, small businesses will suffer, jobs will be at risk and Tasmania’s manufacturing industry will be far less competitive.”

“The damage this Carbon TAX will cause to the Tasmanian economy once it washes its way through the entire economy is almost incalculable.”

“Labor’s elected Federal Parliamentary representatives need to explain why, despite promising not to before the election, they have voted to inflict this unnecessary pain on the Tasmanian people.”

“With the passing of the Government’s toxic Carbon Tax Bills today in the Senate the Labor/Greens alliance is now complete,” Senator Abetz said.