Demanded in parl that govt release carbon tax modelling. PM continues to hide the real costs from the Australian people #auspol

Motion to Suspend Standing Orders

MEMBER I move — That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Honourable Member for Flinders from moving the following motion forthwith:

That this House calls on the Government to immediately release the GTEM carbon tax model. Calls on the Government to release the assumptions underpinning it; and calls on the Government to redo the modelling before Parliament rises so as to reflect the real world given the following:

1. That the International environment is radically different from that claimed by the ALP. In particular the Canadian Foreign Minister and the United States leadership have made it clear that neither country will be adopting a carbon tax prior to 2015-16.

2. That it now appears there will be no binding global treaty until 2020


3. That reports have shown the European ETS has had almost zero impact on the environment, but at a cost of up to $287bn Australian; and

4. That the Government’s assumption of that “the modelling assumes comparable carbon pricing in other major economies from 2015-16” has collapsed; and

5. That the consequence will be Australians pay the highest carbon tax in the world for no environmental benefit while also sending $3.5bn offshore to foreign carbon traders.

Moved
Hon Greg Hunt MP

Seconded
Hon Bruce Billson MP

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