- Climate Spectator
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Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is planning to introduce legislation to parliament that will require the government to hold a plebiscite on its proposed carbon tax.
"Something of this nature must go to the people before it becomes law," he told ABC Radio.
The government has yet to settle on a framework for a carbon price mechanism that it wants to operate from July 2012.
But Mr Abbott said Prime Minister Julia Gillard should not try to "sneak" draft laws through a parliament that had no mandate for a carbon tax.
"This is the vote that the prime minister didn't allow us to have at the last election," he said, referring to Ms Gillard's emphatic statement that no government she led would introduce a carbon tax.
Mr Abbott said he would like the plebiscite held within 90 days of his private bill passing parliament. But that won't happen unless he wins support from the crossbench in the lower house and the Australian Greens in the Senate.
AAP
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is planning to introduce legislation to parliament that will require the government to hold a plebiscite on its proposed carbon tax.
"Something of this nature must go to the people before it becomes law," he told ABC Radio.
The government has yet to settle on a framework for a carbon price mechanism that it wants to operate from July 2012.
But Mr Abbott said Prime Minister Julia Gillard should not try to "sneak" draft laws through a parliament that had no mandate for a carbon tax.
"This is the vote that the prime minister didn't allow us to have at the last election," he said, referring to Ms Gillard's emphatic statement that no government she led would introduce a carbon tax.
Mr Abbott said he would like the plebiscite held within 90 days of his private bill passing parliament. But that won't happen unless he wins support from the crossbench in the lower house and the Australian Greens in the Senate.
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