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Australia’s polluting industries gear up for campaign against carbon pricing

Industry launches anti-carbon tax campaign, ABC News, chief political correspondent Sabra Lane, 21 July 11 A lobby group is opening up a new front against the Federal Government’s carbon tax plans by kicking off an advertising campaign.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Coal Association, the Minerals Council and the Housing Industry Association have formed a group they call the Australian Trade and Industry Alliance.

It says the Government’s deal with the Greens and the independents is flawed and will harm businesses.

In an echo of the mining industry’s tactics against the resources tax last year, the group says it will run a range of media ads against the carbon price.

Last year the Minerals Council spent $17 million in its campaign against the super profits tax and it was successful in watering it down. It was also credited with helping to oust Kevin Rudd from the Lodge.

“The key message is the carbon tax means pain but no environmental gain,” Alliance spokesman Peter Anderson said….http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-21/industry-group-steps-up-carbon-ads/2803794

July 22, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics