Labor’s Carbon Tax Betrayal - You could never vote for them again
Wednesday, 12 October 2011 10:49
"Labor has contemptuously betrayed the people of Tasmania."
"Today in the House of Representatives we witnessed Labor's Tasmanian representatives shamelessly betraying the Tasmanian people who elected them to the Parliament to represent their views by voting to support Bob Brown's job destroying Carbon TAX," Senator Abetz said today.
"Labor MP's Julie Collins, Geoff Lyons, Dick Adams and Sid Sidebottom were all elected on a NO Carbon Tax policy. Today they broke their word to the people of Tasmania - You could never vote for them again."
"Every single Labor Member from Tasmania was elected on a promise of NO Carbon Tax. Today the Tasmanian people are quite rightly asking why is it that the Carbon TAX has been passed by the House of Representatives."
"Every time Tasmanians are forced to pay more for food and groceries, every time Tasmanians are forced to pay more at the petrol pump, every time Tasmanians are forced to pay more for electricity, they can thank Julie Collins, Dick Adams, Sid Sidebottom, their leader Julia Gillard and Senator Bob Brown."
"Labor Senators in Tasmania, Senator Helen Polley, Senator Nick Sherry, Senator Catryna Bilyk, Senator Lisa Singh, Senator Carol Brown and Senator Anne Urquhart will all get their chance soon - either stand up for the people who elected them and vote this legislation down, or roll over in a final spineless act of betrayal."
"Make no mistake, the Carbon TAX will drive up prices and destroy jobs in Tasmania. This TAX will do nothing at all for the environment and has been forced on the Tasmanian people by Senator Bob Brown by him holding a gun to Julia Gillard's head, 'either support my extreme ideals or I'll bury your leadership'. She put her job before the jobs of Tasmanians."
"Julia Gillard deceived to the Tasmanian people when she said there would be NO Carbon TAX. Today Labor's Tasmanian representatives have voted for that deception."
"Labor's complete and utter contempt for the people of Tasmania is breathtaking. Tasmanians are quite right to believe that they should never vote for them again," Senator Abetz said.
