STOP LABOR'S CARBON TAX

Albanese and Labor will introduce a new Carbon Tax, risking mine closures and mass job losses across the Hunter.

LABOR'S CARBON TAX EXPLAINED:

Labor is pursuing a radical new climate policy that forces employers in the Hunter to buy so-called ‘carbon credits’.

Labor is using inner-city speak to describe its new carbon tax, calling it a “Safeguard Mechanism”.

Sites hit by this new carbon tax may need to sack workers and push up prices.

IS YOUR JOB AT RISK?

10,000 jobs are at risk from Labor’s carbon tax which will hit 17 coal mines and factories in the Hunter.

All local businesses and workers will be hurt by Labor’s new carbon tax because these major employers do business with so many others in our region.

In the Hunter, Labor is targeting:

  • Coal Mines
  • Smelters
  • Refineries
  • Gas Producers

LABOR'S HUNTER HIT LIST

Labor has identified the following sites that will be hit by its carbon tax:

  • Hunter Valley Operations Mine
  • Mt Thorley Warkworth
  • Tomago Aluminium Smelter
  • Hunter Valley Energy Coal - CCL
  • Mt Owen Glendell Complex
  • Bulga Coal
  • Ravensworth Operations
  • Mandalong Mine
  • Bengalla Operations
  • Liddel Coal Mine
  • Wambo Coal Mine
  • Integra Underground Mine
  • Myuna Colliery
  • Mount Pleasant Operations
  • Ashton Coal Mine
  • Kooragang Island (Orica)

LABOR HAS TRIED TO LIE ABOUT ITS CARBON TAX

The Hunter Labor candidate has claimed that “there will be no tax” and that “no, mines will not be taxed.”

But Dodgy Dan’s lies were exposed when Labor’s Climate Change spokesman, Chris Bowen, confirmed on national TV and radio that coal mines will have to pay for carbon credits.

Even long-term Hunter Labor MP, Joel Fitzgibbon, confirmed that Labor has plans to introduce a carbon tax.

“There is a thing called a safeguard mechanism which is a carbon constraint, or a carbon tax, whatever you might like to call it.”

– Joel Fitzgibbon, when asked about Labor’s policy. 2GB, 11/02/2022.

THE COAL INDUSTRY AGREES. LABOR'S TAX IS A RISK.

This is what senior coal industry leaders say about Labor’s Carbon Tax policy:

“The comments that have been made seem to indicate that the safeguard mechanism would be turned into a carbon tax.” – Paul Flynn, CEO, Whitehaven Coal

“[Labor MP’s] have been unable to state clearly whether or not they intend to levy taxes that will cripple the industry and cost regional jobs.” – Lucas Dow, CEO, Bravus (Adani)

LABOR MPs SAY COLLAPSE OF COAL "A GOOD THING"

There is a reason Labor MPs are so shifty on their carbon tax plans.

Labor’s Deputy Leader and Policy Chief Richard Marles – who was Acting Leader when Anthony Albanese had Covid – revealed that he thinks that the collapse of coal would be a “good thing”.

THE FRIGHTENING FACTS ARE HIDDEN IN LABOR'S POLICY DOCUMENTS

Labor’s plan is written in black-and-white. The frightening facts are hidden in their policy platform.

LABOR'S DONE A DEAL WITH THE GREENS

Once again Labor is preferencing the Greens in the Hunter region.

Labor has to adopt a carbon tax because it is a key demand of the Greens.

Labor has traded mining jobs for Greens votes.

Imagine how worse Labor’s Carbon Tax would be once they need to negotiate with the Greens in Parliament…

Authorised by Matt Canavan, Liberal National Party of Queensland, 34 East Street, Rockhampton QLD 4700