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    Thesteelindustry

    willdisappear

    Deathtothecoalindustry

    killmanufacturing

    industry

    Closedownthemotorindustry

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    Cost of living

    FACT: Pensioners and sel-undedretirees holding a Commonwealth

    Seniors Health Card will get a

    cash increase o $338 each year

    or singles and $510 each year

    or couples combined under theHousehold Assistance Package.

    (18 July 2011)

    Abbott says: The price o groceries will go up by ve

    per cent under a $26 a tonne carbon tax.

    FACT: Food and grocery prices will increase by 0.4 per cent at

    most under the Governments carbon price. This is less than

    80 cents per week or the average household, who are getting

    $10.10 a week rom the Gillard Government to help withincreased costs.

    (25 May 2011)

    Abbott says: Look, its particularly important that we

    stop this toxic tax because o the impact it will have on

    older people.

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    Abbott says: Hospitals right around Australia will pay

    about $100 million a year more under the carbon tax ...

    Itll come out o the pockets o patients.

    (21 July 2011)

    FACT: Where there are increases

    in public hospital costs due to

    the carbon price ederal undingarrangements will automatically

    increase to help meet these impacts.

    FACT: Labor has a package worth billions o dollars to supportmanuacturing jobs. Industries will benet rom increases inproductivity and energy eciency, making them more globally

    competitive. Abbott opposed all o this help.

    Impact on Industry

    (1 June 2011)

    Abbott says: Let there be no doubt about the intentions othe authors o this carbon tax legislation. They want to kill

    manuacturing industry in this country.

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    FACT: The Australian coal mining industrys output will more

    than double over the period rom 2010 to 2050, Treasurymodelling shows. More than $96 billion worth o investment in

    the coal industry is currently in the pipeline.

    FACT:Steel manuacturers will ace a carbon price averagingonly $1.30 per tonne o emissions and will be given extra

    assistance under the $300 million Steel Transormation Plan.Abbott opposed the Steel Transormation Plan.

    FACT:The carbon price will not impose an annual $400 price

    increase on new cars. Materials that make up over 90 per cento the emissions embodied in a typical car are shielded romthe carbon price. Motor industry output is projected to grow

    aster under a carbon price than with no carbon price.

    Abbott says: A carbon tax ultimately means deathto the coal industry.

    Abbott says: Ultimately it [the steel industry] willdisappear meaning that Australian steel will have to be

    imported rom overseas

    Abbott says: The last thing we want to do is to closedown the motor industry in this country but every new car

    will be something like $400 a year more expensive under

    the carbon tax.

    (9 June 2011)

    (15 June 2011)

    (6 October 2011)

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    FACT: Small businesses will benet rom a $6500 instant asset

    write-of which can be used any number o times a year. Inaddition a $40 million energy eciency program will be targeted

    at small and medium sized businesses. Abbott opposes the write-

    of or small businesses.

    FACT: Employment will continue to grow strongly under acarbon price, with 1.6 million new jobs being created by 2020.

    New jobs and industries will be created rom the investment in

    clean technology.

    Small business

    Employment

    Abbott says: There will be 45,000 jobs lost in energy-

    intensive industries. There will be 126,000 jobs lost mainly inregional Australia.

    (21 June 2011)

    Abbott says: (There) is no compensation or small business.

    (12 October 2011)

    Electricity prices

    Abbott says: It will lead to massive increases inpower prices.

    (18 October 2011)

    FACT:The carbon price will increase household electricity prices

    by $3.30 a week on average, and households will receive $10.10 a

    week on average under Labors Household Assistance Package.

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    FACT: Farmers will not pay a carbon price or of-road

    agricultural vehicles, nor or their cars, utes and light trucks

    under 4.5 tonnes.

    FACT: There will be no carbon price on

    uel used by household cars or light

    commercial vehicles. Buses using LPG,

    LNG, CNG or biouels will not ace acarbon price.

    (6 October 2011)

    (14 September 2011)

    Abbott says: We wont

    be able to get on a bus or

    a train, ultimately to drive

    our cars, without being

    impacted by this tax.

    Transport Costs

    Abbott says: Every arm uses uel or its trucks and all othat is going to be hit by Labors toxic carbon tax.

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    FACT: Australia is not acting alone. Ninety countries representing80 per cent o global carbon emissions have pledged action

    on climate change. Australias top ve trading partners have

    implemented or are piloting carbon pricing at a national orregional level.

    Australia Acting Alone

    Abbott says: In the absence o an international emissionstrading scheme or an international carbon tax, a go-it-aloneor go-it-almost-alone policy by Australia is all economic pain

    or no environmental gain.

    (17 November 2011)

    FACT:The real carbon price or manuacturing industries like

    steel, aluminium, glass and paper will average $1.30 a tonne o

    emissions - one o the lowest in the world.

    Abbott says: Our carbon tax will be the heaviest

    carbon tax in the world.

    (20 October 2011)

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    Tony Abbotts Direct Action Plan

    Abbott says: More trees ... better soils and smarter

    technology remain the best way to reduce emissions ...

    (21 November 2011)

    FACT: To reduce emissions by Abbotts target o 5%, trees would

    have to be planted over more than 26 million hectares - wipingout Australias entire crop land. Abbotts Direct Action Plan

    would cost taxpayers at least $48 billion.

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    FACT: Mr Abbott was unable to name one economist who

    preerred his Direct Action policy to a market mechanism like

    the carbon price.

    FACT: Mr Abbott reused to have his so-called Direct Action

    policy costed by Treasury.

    FACT: Mr Abbotts Direct Action policy could not achieve this

    without imposing a cost o at least $48 billion on taxpayers. By

    ruling out international trade in carbon permits, it would doublethe cost to the economy o reducing pollution.

    Abbott says: Look, there are many economists who preer

    our plan to the Governments plan.

    Abbott says: I point out that our policy is costed, itscapped and its ully unded by savings in the Budget...

    (6 July 2011)

    (19 July 2011)

    Abbott says: What the Coalition wants to do is to spend

    about a billion dollars a year rom savings in the Budget to

    urther encourage businesses to [reduce pollution]. So, i

    we do this we will achieve by 2020 a ve per cent reductionin our domestic emissions.

    (2 November 2011)

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    FACT: Mr Abbott was a senior Minister in the Howard

    Government that went to the 2007 election with a policy o

    introducing an emissions trading scheme. In 2009 he also said:I also think that i you want to put a price on carbon, why not

    just do it with a simple tax? (29 July 2009).

    FACT: Mr Abbott has previously said that the science o

    climate change is absolute crap.

    Abbott versus Abbott

    Abbott says: I mean, thats my position and thats alwaysbeen my position but Ive never been in avour o a carbon

    tax or an emissions trading scheme...

    (19 July 2011)

    Abbott says: Climate change is real, humanity does make

    a contribution to it and weve got to take efective action

    against it. I mean, thats my position and thats always beenmy position...

    (19 July 2011)

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