Give me a break!

The vocal few cry no to 'tax on air'

Sydney Morning Herald

AN ANTI-CARBON tax rally in Brisbane's CBD yesterday drew only a tiny crowd of protesters, despite reports that 60per cent of people are opposed to a carbon tax.

About 300 people attended the rally outside Parliament House - less than a quarter of the number that turned out for the April 9 climate change rally in King George Square - and cheered as Logan City councillor Hajnal Black labelled the Labor government's plan as a "tax on air".

"They want to impose a tax on the air we breathe. Not even the most backward, communist regimes have come up with a tax like it," Ms Black said.

"We will be labelled as climate change deniers. They don't care about what this will cost people who are already struggling and the risk it poses for some people's jobs.

"I would urge you to continue to protest, say to them that we are taxed enough already and that a tax on air is ridiculous."