This link is a nice summation of the carbon price announcement and the policy's impacts. Was amazed at the media attention given to it yesterday with most of the TV stations going live and then putting on special programs into the night. It is a big deal but can only assume it was a slow-news Sunday.
This article does have a left-lean in its analysis of Abbott so it might not comfort some readers. And if you don't believe in climate change at all, well, it defintely won't comfort you.
But it does provide the most relevant facts and figures I've seen which the MSM (main stream media) are failing to deliver. As always, they're preferring to concentrate solely on the politics rather than treat the policy on its merits (or non-merits).
In the end, you have to remember the whole point of a carbon price is to have an impact. You want to discourage a certain behaviour and encourage another. Yes, that means a shake-up for how we think about things but the article does show that the hyperbole about 'end of days' and alike is very over the top.
Don't take my word for it though. Have a read for yourself and make up your own mind.
EDM.
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