more lies

A loaf of bread will rise 0.016c
If anyone believes these figures Labor has no worries.

Weet-Bix cereal to rise by 0.00024 cents a biscuit
$3.75 fillet of ocean trout will increase 1.5c
An $11 packet of mince meat will rise by 4c
Tim Tams will increase 0.012c
standard jar of coffee will rise 0.02c
250g of margarine will increase 0.016c
six-pack of beer will increase 0.026c

Except for the mince meat that will round off to 5cents ,when has food prices ever been price in the fraction of a cent???? This made my day.... I cannot stop laughing if any sane person believes in this Labor have you fooled.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/julia-gillard-will-use-tim-tams-to-pitch-carbon-tax/story-e6frf7jo-1226091428949


Julia Gillard will use Tim Tams to pitch carbon tax

JULIA Gillard will use tiny price rises for Tim Tams and Weet-Bix to convince Australians the carbon tax will not make a dent on household incomes.
The Prime Minister will address the nation today to unveil the long-awaited details of the carbon tax and assure most Australians they will not suffer any hip-pocket pain at all.

Ms Gillard, who will tomorrow launch a week-long nationwide campaign to sell the climate change policy, will promise nine out of 10 families will get tax cuts and extra payments to cover modest price rises.

According to government figures, many will even be over-compensated for the impact of the carbon tax on about 500 heavy polluting companies.

At the centre of the counter-attack against Tony Abbott's scare campaign will be Treasury modelling that reveals a typical shopping trolley of groceries valued at $200 will rise just 80c a week.

With the Opposition expected to focus its campaign on how the tax will hurt the hip-pocket, the Government has calculated price impacts down to the decimal point for individual grocery items.

The figures show the Government expects the cost of Weet-Bix cereal to rise by 0.00024 cents a biscuit.

An $11 packet of mince meat will rise by 4c, while a $3.75 fillet of ocean trout will increase 1.5c.

A loaf of bread will rise 0.016c while Tim Tams will increase 0.012c.

A standard jar of coffee, such as Nescafe Blend 43, will rise 0.02c and 250g of margarine will increase 0.016c.

The carbon tax is expected to add about 0.026c on a six-pack of beer and 0.004c on a box of tissues.

The focus of the blitz will be the claim that the total impact of the tax will amount to less than 1 per cent a household, with the Government to compensate nine out of 10 families.

The tax, to be introduced on July 1, 2012, will force 500 of the nation's biggest businesses to pay $23 per tonne of carbon they produce.

To shield families from flow-on price rises and increased power bills, the Government will implement a compensation scheme targeted at the nation's most vulnerable.

Under the scheme:

INDIVIDUALS earning $16,000 to $25,000 will receive more than $500 in tax cuts.

FAMILIES earning up to $150,000 will also receive compensation, though the tax cuts and payments decrease the higher the income.

WHERE one parent works part-time and the other full-time, with both responsible for children under five, the Government expects a yearly assistance package of about $378 over the anticipated impact of the carbon tax.

The Government wants to provide the most vulnerable families with a 20 per cent safety net to offset the potential price impacts.

More than three million pensioners, disabled people and carers will get a $210 upfront payment on top of compensation for the tax.

The Government estimates 5.7 million households will get tax cuts and payments that will totally compensate the average impact of the carbon price.

Ms Gillard said yesterday the Government had no option but to take action on climate change.

"We know we must lead because the science says we must," Ms Gillard told the NSW ALP state conference.

"From July 1 next year, the freedom to pollute our skies must cease - polluters will have to pay."

Ms Gillard used her speech to launch a scathing attack on Mr Abbott, who she accused of engaging in stunts, gimmicks, lies and distortions as part of a scare campaign against the tax.

She argued climate change was not only a concern of the Gillard Government, with former prime minister John Howard, former NSW premier Bob Carr and former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher also warning of the consequences of a warming planet.

Ms Gillard said the compensation scheme would leave most families "not a cent behind".

"And many will come out ahead," she said.

Some Labor MPs have privately raised concerns about their political futures if the compensation scheme fails to shield families.

The Government will spend $1 billion of pollution tax revenue over four years buying carbon abatement from farmers, who will not pay the tax.

The package is set to pass through both Houses of Parliament after Ms Gillard won crucial support from Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie last week.

Independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor had already indicated their support.

Mr Abbott has described the tax as a "giant money-go-round".