TRENDS: The carbon tax: more political porkies to come
Peter Lewis ponders whether the Government will be able to win more support once the price on carbon is in place.
The ‘lie’ at the heart of Labor’s carbon tax has assumed legendary status.
Never mind that the realities of the supposed falsehood are highly contestable – Labor’s carbon pricing scheme is arguably not a tax at all – “there will be no carbon tax under the government I lead” has become the iconic political lie of our times.
Its ruthlessly successful exploitation by the Abbott opposition has spawned a political craze in exposing opponents’ lies, in the hope of replicating this highly successful case study in trust-related brand damage.
But what about the Opposition’s penchant for stretching the truth on impacts of the carbon tax?
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