Sentences with phrase «referendum on the carbon tax»

In 2013, Coalition opposition leader Tony Abbott declared that the forthcoming election would be a «referendum on the carbon tax», and in those terms he scored a resounding victory.

He has declared the election to be a «referendum on the carbon tax», which Labor has pledged to retain if it hangs on to power.

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She imposed a five - year freeze on the carbon tax, refuses to use carbon tax revenue to fund climate solutions, exempted the LNG industry from calculating greenhouse gas emissions on 70 per cent of its operations, cancelled a home retrofit program, and derailed public transit expansion plans with a built - to - fail referendum.