LIBERAL Senator Zed Seselja has announced his joy at the repeal of the price on Carbon following today’s Senate vote.
“Scrapping the Carbon Tax will save the average household around $550 a year, including around $200 on the average household electricity bill and around $70 on the average gas bill. In Canberra, it is estimated consumers will save $228 a year on electricity bills”, Senator Zed Seselja said.
“Labor’s Carbon Tax – the tax they promised to never introduce – put cost of living pressures on Canberrans.”
“Since the election, Labor has been deliberately ignoring the will of the Australian people and blocking the Carbon Tax repeal. Every day they blocked the repeal, Canberra families paid higher electricity prices.”
“The ICRC has stated that electricity in the ACT will fall 11.6 per cent without the Carbon Tax. For Canberra families struggling with high winter electricity bills, this will be welcome relief.”
“The Carbon Tax is a $9 billion a year hit on the economy. It hurts small businesses and costs jobs.”
“There’s much more to do, but removing the world’s biggest Carbon Tax from the backs of everyday small businesses and families is an important step in building a stronger economy,” concluded Senator Seselja.
Shane Rattenbury has tweeted his dismay.
Sad sad day. Greens will never give up the fight for real action on #climatechange and our clean energy future @GreensMPs
— Shane Rattenbury (@ShaneRattenbury) July 17, 2014
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