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Australia’s Prime Minister counters the untruths of the campaign against carbon pricing

 to take just one point, a false claim was made about employment,” she told Australia Associated Press, adding “there was a suggestion that employment was somehow going to go slow or go backwards under pricing carbon. It’s simply not true.”

“Employment in this country will go up by 1.6 million jobs by 2020, half a million of those jobs in the next two years,” she said.

Australian PM dismisses anti-carbon tax campaign, People’s Daily, China, 24 July 11 Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Saturday dismissed a series of anti-carbon tax advertisements paid for by big business, saying the facts are on the government’s side.
Advertisements by the Australian Trade and Industry Alliance ( ATI) have begun appearing in newspapers across Australia, and will screen on television from Sunday…..
ATI is formed by business groups across the economy, such as The Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Coal Association, the Minerals Council and the Housing Industry Association.

Gillard said the advertisements made some inaccurate statements.

“Looking at those print advertisements, to take just one point, a false claim was made about employment,” she told Australia Associated Press, adding “there was a suggestion that employment was somehow going to go slow or go backwards under pricing carbon. It’s simply not true.”

“Employment in this country will go up by 1.6 million jobs by 2020, half a million of those jobs in the next two years,” she said.

July 24, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, climate change - global warming, politics | climate change - global warming