Politicians love to grandstand, and it doesn’t matter side of the house they sit. Climate change is one of those issues that is very hot here in Australia. It has even led to death threats on certain politicians. You have to wonder whether or not the political grandstanding on both sides of politics is leading us to this.
The Gillard Labor government decided to announce what is really a carbon tax, although they tried very hard to hide that word ‘tax’ to begin with. On the other side of politics, we have had wild claims by the opposition leader that the tax will $1500 per month to electricity bills – this despite the fact that no tax rate has been hinted at yet. How he can use dollar amounts at present is beyond me.
We have a very simple and stark choice. We can say this debate is too hard and we’re going to leave it to our children, or their children, to fix the problem – and hope it’s not too late.
The second choice of course is take responsibility for the world we live in and to try and improve it so our children and grandchildren have a future.
For those that don’t want a carbon tax, or any other action, I want you to turn around to your children and say – ‘it’s not my problem, I’m going to leave it to you guys to sort out in twenty or thirty years’. Can you do it?
It’s time the politics stopped – it’s time the grandstanding stopped – it’s time the politicians got their acts together, sat down together, and drew up a bipartisan plan for the future. This issue is too big for the flip-flop politics of today. Tony Abbott was the first politician to suggest a carbon tax, and now he is backing away from it for no other reason than making a noise.
Australian politicians need to grow up and put Australia first. The citizens and business, both big and small, need certainty on this issue. The bottom line, whether Labor or Liberal introduce some scheme – it’s going to cost us – let’s just get it done!
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