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Old 3rd Jul 2012, 09:38
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Here's a good high-level break down of the Carbon Tax effects on ordinary tax payers from The Australia Institute:

The Australia Institute

https://www.tai.org.au/downloads/Great_big_new_tax.pdf

For most people the Carbon Tax will have no nett cost.

As Greg Combet, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and the Minister for Innovation and Industry, observed that the Carbon Tax costs about $20 a ton (of carbon), while achieving the equivalent using solar rebates costs about $400 a ton.
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