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Leading article Australia

Carbon copy

20 July 2013

9:00 AM

20 July 2013

9:00 AM

The Coalition has been right to oppose both Julia Gillard’s carbon tax and Kevin Rudd’s emissions trading scheme. But Tony Abbott and his team can’t effectively highlight the economic costs of climate mitigation if they remain carbon copies of Labor. Doubters should refer to Greg Hunt’s recent exchange with ABC journalist Latika Bourke, who pinned the shadow environment minister to the wall on the Opposition’s Direct Action policy.

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