Labor's Carbon Tax To Go Up 5% on 1 July; Alex Hawke MP Pledges Coalition Will Scrap the Carbon Tax

Thursday, 6^th June 2013

Alex Hawke
MP, Federal Member for Mitchell said households and families will get another
rude shock in less than a month when the carbon tax increases by another 5 per
cent.

“The carbon
tax is a bad tax based on a lie and only the Coalition will abolish the carbon
tax. Families, pensioners, retirees and small businesses have all seen their
electricity and gas bills rise because of the carbon tax – and they will go up
again after 1 July” said Alex Hawke MP.

“Households
are trying to get ahead – yet under this government, electricity prices have
gone up nationwide by 94 per cent and gas prices have gone up by 62 per cent (since
start of 2008). Australian manufacturers, who all pay the carbon tax, have
to compete against overseas companies that don’t pay it.

“The carbon
tax is hurting family budgets, putting jobs at risk and damaging the economy.

Alex Hawke
said his unequivocal pledge was that Coalition would abolish the carbon tax.

“We will
abolish it – it’s that simple. Repealing the carbon tax will be the first
piece of legislation introduced, if the Coalition wins government. 

“Julia
Gillard said there would be no carbon tax under the government she leads and
all Australians know that she broke her word.   

Alex Hawke
said the coming election was a referendum on the carbon tax and a bad
government that does not keep its promises.

“The choice
in this election is clear: a Coalition government that will abolish the carbon
tax, ease cost of living pressures and create more jobs or another three years
of a chaotic Labor who have legislated for even more increases in the carbon
tax.

Across Western Sydney,
Labor members of parliament like Julie Owens in Parramatta, Michelle Rowland in
Greenway and Ed Husic in Chifley have to state for the record if they support
thislegislated rise in the carbon tax which is another broken promise.