Carbon Trading Scheme: Carbon tax: Heat rises as voters reject Julia Gillard's plan

ANGRY Australians have vowed to vote Julia Gillard from office at the next election after yesterday's controversial carbon tax announcement.

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Carbon Trading Scheme: Carbon tax: Heat rises as voters reject Julia Gillard's plan

Alan Jones speaks to Lord Christopher Monckton about carbon tax and climate change.

Alan Jones speaks to Lord Christopher Monckton about carbon tax and climate change.

Some really good content here and well worth a listen, in stark contrast to the Adam Spencer where there was a clear bias to try and discredit any opponant to a carbon tax.

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Lord Christopher Monckton interview with Adam Spencer

Controversial climate sceptic Lord Christopher Monckton is currently in Australia on a lecture tour.

He spoke not once, but twice to Adam Spencer this morning...

Listen to the 2 part interview (Adam hung up mid air and called Lord Christopher Monckton back who agreed to finish the "debate".

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.Controversial climate sceptic Lord Monckton Set to Speak at National Press Club

CLIMATE sceptic Christopher Monckton has been offered a prime speaking slot at the National Press Club in Canberra on July 19, despite a spate of cancelled public appearances.

Lord Monckton - who recently accused Julia Gillard's climate adviser Ross Garnaut of “fascist” views - is set to debate the Australia's Institute's executive director, economist Richard Denniss.

The Australian Online understands Lord Monckton was offered the spot in response to a request from his tour organisers.

The engagement is yet to be finalised as he has a speaking engagement in Melbourne which he is trying to shift.

It's understood the press club board approved the offer to Lord Monckton on Friday, while Dr Denniss has accepted the invitation.

National Press Club senior vice president Steve Lewis said the role of the club was to “provide a civilised forum for an important debate”.

“That's why we have extended the invitation to Lord Monckton and Dr Denniss to have this debate,” he said.

Dr Denniss has worked as a strategic adviser to Greens leader Bob Brown and worked as chief-of-staff to former Democrats leader Natasha Stott Despoja.

Lord Monckton has had speaking appearances cancelled at clubs in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth since arriving in Australia, after his comments about Professor Garnaut were revealed. Lord Monckton later said he had apologised to Professor Garnaut.

Engagements at the Brisbane Broncos Leagues Club and Port Adelaide Football Club have also been cancelled.

Lord Monckton's tour organisers have subsequently arranged for him to speak at the Bardon Conference Venue in Queensland and the South Adelaide Football Club in South Australia.

Lord Monckton has also spoken at a mining conference in Perth, and at the city's Notre Dame University, during his current visit.

But he today hit out at those responsible for cancelling his appearances, saying it was evidence the climate change movement was faltering.

“I see this simply as a mark of naked fear on the part of people who had arrogantly decided to politicise science and have now discovered that the truth is the truth, whether they like it or not,” Lord Monckton said.

“What we're seeing here is the last gasp of quite an unpleasant international political movement which had decided to try to politicise science itself and which has now failed.”

“If they were confident of their own scientific and economic position, they would not be frightened to allow the other side of the case to be heard.”

Organisers of Lord Monckton's national tour were told his booking of a Port Adelaide Footbal Club function room was “unsuitable”.

Port Adelaide's media manager Andrew Rutter said the booking was made by a staff member but cancelled after management became aware of it.

“Port Adelaide is a sporting club and that is what we are about,” Mr Rutter said.

“The club respects everyone's right to an opinion, but does not see itself or its facilities as a platform for any political viewpoint.”http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Lord Monckton said the club did not understand what freedom of speech meant.

“In Australia it always used to be that you got a fair go and clearly that is no longer the case,” he said.

“Before I came here I had a look at the international reputation of Australia and a number of the websites that monitored human rights for instance are beginning to talk of Australia as no longer a free country because access to information is so controlled.”

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Carbon Trading Scheme: Andrew Wilkie Sets out Conditions to Support Carbon Tax

JULIA Gillard can secure the final vote she needs to pass the carbon tax if she promises to protect a zinc mine in Hobart.

Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie last night met the Prime Minister to discuss his terms after she won support from the Greens and independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor for the package.

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No Carbon Apology Needed, says PM

JULIA Gillard has declined to apologise for her pre-election declaration that "there will be no carbon tax under the government I lead" and has warned that it may take "months and months and months" to convince voters on the merits of the policy.

Asked yesterday why she didn't just apologise, the Prime Minister said: "I've explained, of course, to the Australian people that I never meant to mislead anybody during the last election campaign about carbon pricing".

She told the ABC that carbon would be priced "through a path I didn't expect during the election campaign".

The Prime Minister's comments came as the multi-party climate change committee prepared to meet again on Tuesday as the government and the Greens continued to try to reach a deal on the carbon pricing package.

The Weekend Australian understands that the government is considering whether to release Treasury modelling with the carbon pricing package.

Ms Gillard moved to play down expectations that the announcement would quickly restore Labor's poor rating with voters. She said it could take many months of explanation.

"This is a big reform. It is not something that people will digest in the first five minutes of seeing the press conference when it is announced," she said.

Asked if there might be a "huge disconnect" between what she said and what she did, Ms Gillard said: "What I'm saying is what I'm doing . . . I understand it's causing anxiety, but to be the kind of country we want to be in the future with the environment we want and the strong economy we want, we have got to get on with the job and price carbon".

But opposition climate action spokesman Greg Hunt demanded the government release a complete package in announcing the carbon pricing scheme details. "We want the full modelling on the impacts on electricity, gas, petrol and groceries for Australians between now and 2020," he said.

Mr Hunt seized on a report in The Australian on Thursday that the government was negotiating with individual power generators to close or curtail high emissions plants. He said this was a key element of the Coalition's direct-action policy.

"The Coalition has had it right all along. They want to put a tax on electricity but it won't necessarily cause anything to change."