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Political pressure.
“We won’t be doing that”: Government figures say they definitely won’t be cancelling or postponing carbon tax hikes this year despite the surging cost of energy, with one minister saying “It’s not a tax, it’s a fund”.
“It directly funds retrofitting.”
“I’ve lost money on fuel for the last eight days. We’re not the enemy – they are”
They say they don’t “at all” support reducing carbon tax, despite energy price hikes, as it wouldn’t be “environmentally responsible”.
“We’ve a chance to prove ourselves here that we can also take swift and agile action to address something.”
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Annual rises.
“Whether I like it not, it’s happening…we are where we are”: Minister Michael Healy-Rae explains why he’s part of a Government that’s hiking carbon tax given his previous criticisms of the tax, saying that even if he was “dead”, it would remain in place until 2030 regardless.
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