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Canberra knows cost of carbon and value of saying nothing by efwegbe erergeer
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Canberra knows cost of carbon and value of saying nothing |
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If carbon could be removed from the atmosphere as efficiently as ithas been scrubbed from the latest government carbon tax advertisements, our problems would be solved. The federal government was under fire from all sides of politicsyesterday after kicking off its advertising blitz spruiking thecarbon tax "household assistance package" without amention of carbon, climate change or clean energy. The television ads – part of a $36.1 million campaign toexplain the assistance package, the first payments of which starttomorrow – premiered on Sunday night. Radio and newspaper adswill follow. As previously reported by the Herald , market research for the government has found that the word"carbon" is a turn-off for voters.
Instead, the ads tell viewers that the lump-sum payments are"the first part of the Australian government'shousehold assistance package". The ads do not explain whatthe assistance is for. A spokeswoman for the Families and Community Services Minister,Jenny Macklin, said the ads were part of the government's"overall information package on the introduction of a priceon carbon". Asked why they made no mention of carbon orclimate change, she said: "Because it is about the extramoney appearing in people's accounts." The chief executive of the Climate Institute, John Connor, said thegovernment needed to boost its efforts to explain why a price oncarbon is necessary. "We need to make it clear to people whywe are doing this and the importance of reducing carbon anddeveloping clean energy," he said.
"If anyone thinks that a defensive strategy from either partyon this issue – saying, ‘Trust me, I'll lookafter you with extra money' – is going to work,they're wrong." He said he had told the government of his concerns and had beenassured that it was not backing away from the fight over the carbontax, which the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, has vowed to scrapif he wins government. The opposition's climate spokesman, Greg Hunt, said thegovernment had a duty to explain to people precisely what it wasdoing and why. "There's no mention of the carbon tax in the carbon taxads; there's no mention of electricity prices in the carbontax ads; there's no mention of gas prices in the carbon taxads," he said. View an ad on YouTube . I am Automobiles & Motorcycles writer, reports some information about sunless tanning booths , used vogue tires.
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