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IPA applauds Gillard honesty: carbon tax will send electricity prices soaring, honesty now needed on price of renewables

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IPA applauds Gillard honesty: carbon tax will send electricity prices soaring, honesty now needed on price of renewables

'The Institute of Public Affairs congratulates Julia Gillard's honesty today when she admitted that a carbon tax would send electricity prices soaring', said Director of Climate Change Policy, Tim Wilson.

In her press conference today announcing the multi?party climate change framework, the Prime Minister honestly reported that the point of a carbon price signal is to make goods and services that rely on carbon emission far more expensive.

 

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