No, Not a Stealth Bomber, but a Stealth Carbon Tax from Labor By James Reed

Electoral comment authorised by K. W. Grundy, 13 Carsten Court, Happy Valley, SA.

Well, it is going to happen, all this and more. A stealth carbon tax from Labor? Well, if they have to form government with the Greens, who knows what absurdities will become the law of the land. And things we worried about in the past will be back, such as the Aboriginal constitution referendum, and a new hyper-race vilification legislation that was tried under Gillard, may get warmed up. Labor will be truly horrible, worse than under Liberal, and that is possible. Misery is actually infinite, with no bottom.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/federal-election-2022-warning-over-labors-stealth-carbon-tax/news-story/70ec5196f1fbab3ca8bfe8f20a7e93ca?utm_source=TheAustralian&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=TATodaysHeadlinesSubAM

“Labor has been accused of planning a carbon tax by stealth with its policy to cut emissions from major industrial polluters as the climate wars ignited new political brawls despite a bipartisan commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

After Anthony Albanese pledged there would be no carbon tax “ever” if he became prime minister, Whitehaven Coal chief executive Paul Flynn warned that Labor’s plan to drive down emissions in the industrial sector was a “carbon levy by stealth”.

As Labor’s climate plans faced the blowtorch, splits widened in Coalition ranks, with Nationals senator Matt Canavan describing the ambition of net-zero emissions by 2050 as “dead’’, backing fellow Nationals MPs and candidates who had claimed it was “flexible’’.

“The net-zero thing is all sort of dead anyway,” Senator Canavan told the ABC. “Boris Johnson said he is pausing it. Germany is building coal and gas infrastructure. Italy’s reopening coal-fired power plants. It’s all over.”

The Prime Minister was forced to clarify that the government stood behind its commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050 as Liberal MPs facing challenges from Climate 200-backed independents including Dave Sharma in Wentworth and Trent Zimmerman in North Sydney repudiated the Nationals’ comments.

“Our commitment to net zero by 2050 is a commitment of the Australian government that I made in Glasgow. It is the government’s absolute policy,” Mr Morrison said while campaigning in central Queensland.”