If only that were true we might be going forwards instead of...

If only that were true we might be going forwards instead of backwards..

Right now, the federal government spends around $10 billion a year as handouts – in the form of subsidies, cash, tax breaks and infrastructure - to big polluters.

http://paidtopollute.org.au/ptp-fossil-fuel-subsidies

Federal energy policies continue to support the coal mining and natural gas industries through subsidies for fossil fuel use and production.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_policy_of_Australia

Highlighted below are four of the largest fossil fuel subsidies that should be targeted for removal in the 2014-15 Federal Budget. Cutting just these Big 4 subsidies would deliver budget savings of around $10 billion per year, while cutting other smaller federal subsidies could deliver a further $1 billion annually. Other fossil fuel subsidies also exist at the state level.

http://environmentvictoria.org.au/fossilfuelsubsidies#.VERX_Ba0QcE