Prime Minister Gillard’s To Do list:
- sell a carbon tax to a public whose goodwill on the issue fell off a cliff along with Rudd’s ETS last year.
- communicate the complexities of the scheme to the public above the din of Abbott’s people’s revolt, including cost of living campaign and “broken promise” line.
- get everyone to forget about the fact that you promised not to introduce a carbon tax before the election.
- keep the Greens happy.
- get the Independents on side.
- keep mending relations with Professor Garnaut.
- make sure the lobbyists don’t get any ideas in their head about an anti carbon tax campaign, resource super profits tax style.
- settle policy disagreements over price, compensation and coverage.
- persuade people that you’re not just doing this because you need to wrestle back Green votes.
- put the Chief Scientist’s number in rollerdex.
- be convincing.
Ticking that off by July 2012 should be a cinch.
What is your point here, Crikes? Or should I say, Cranks?
Julia will also be given by us, the 10,495 members of, British Pensions in Australia, the task of negotiating, in company with Canada, to have the UK government rescind its legislation that freezes our UK age pensions. This legislation adversely affects her parents too, so she has a family interest to see this immoral approach to pension administration by the British “rolled”. CHOGM would be a convenient event for this to be done, for the offending pension regulation adversely affects 47 of the 54 Commonwealth nations’ retirees. Success will add about $400 million to Australia’s foreign exchange income.