rio's (other) dilemma, page-9

Apologies, forgot to paste in the coalition response


"The conservatives have already indicated they will oppose the
tax in the upper house of parliament, where Rudd's centre-left
government lacks a majority and where the conservatives need just
one other non-government vote to defeat the tax.

"I can't see how we could ever support it," opposition
finance spokesman Andrew Robb said on Wednesday.

"This is a monstrous action and my expectation is that this
won't come to the parliament until next term. My expectation is
that it would be either dumped or fundamentally changed.""