Finally, the CPRS bill has been defeated in the Senate, with the coalition voting against the introduction of a massive new tax on the Australian people.
What complete insanity the Labor Government was proposing for us.
Now we already have Dr James Hansen, the grandfather of global warming, saying an ETS is a failure and we have to look for other alternatives.
Many people have played a part in this massive debate about this massive tax. Make no mistake about it. It is the pressure from the Australian public that changed the political complexion in Canberra. Now the Labor Party wants to bring the same bill back again. How is that for contempt for the Senate? Mr Rudd is so arrogant; he just does not understand the word ‘No’. Because of Mr Rudd, unfortunately the Coalition and the Australian people will have to get ready to fight again. This time the people of Australia can concentrate on Labor members of Parliament and Labor Senators. So find their names, find their emails and find their telephone numbers and contact them! We are in a new form of participatory democracy and maybe that is the one good thing that has come out of this ETS debate.