Prime Minister refuses to apologise for her carbon tax broken promise

16 August 2011

On the first anniversary of her promise that she would not introduce a carbon tax, Julia Gillard has refused to apologise to the people the Hills for misleading them, said the Federal Member for Mitchell, Alex Hawke.

“In the Parliament today, Tony Abbott asked the Prime Minister whether she would apologise for breaking her election promise not to introduce a carbon tax. The Prime Minister failed to do so,” Mr Hawke said.

“Julia Gillard told the Australian people that ‘there will be no carbon tax under the government I lead’,” (Channel Ten News, 16 August 2010).

“Now, she wants to introduce a carbon tax without seeking the mandate of the Australian people.

“The most incompetent Government in living memory wants to be trusted with the most complex tax change in our history.

“The Labor-Green carbon tax will drive up prices, threaten jobs and do nothing for the environment. It is a great big new tax on everything, and every year it will just go up and up and up.”

Mr Hawke said local families are already struggling with soaring cost of living pressures. The carbon tax will make a bad situation worse and the Prime Minister refuses to acknowledge this.

“The Coalition’s commitment to the Australian people is that we will do everything in our power to fight this toxic tax.” Mr Hawke said.

“The Coalition will oppose it in opposition and rescind it in government.

“Julia Gillard should apologise to the people of the Hills for misleading them. She should acknowledge that she has no mandate to introduce this carbon tax,” Mr Hawke said.