The world’s biggest carbon dioxide tax

Andrew Bolt,Herald Sun (Australia)
"AN industry group representing millions of businesses will today launch a mass television campaign against the carbon tax, claiming it would hurt Australian families.

In a blow to Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s bid to sell the unpopular tax, the Australian Trade and Industry Alliance is opposing the Government.

Spokesman Greg Evans yesterday said the tax was the world’s “largest and most damaging carbon tax” and one of the most “ill-conceived policy responses in a generation”.An alliance advertisement, due to be aired tonight, compares the $4.9 billion revenue from the first six years of Europe’s emissions trading scheme with a predicted $71 billion from Australia’s carbon tax over six years."