This was Australian Opposition Leader Tony Abbott tweeting at 5:35 PM on 30 Jun 2013:
Now how on earth was Kevin Rudd (who was not sworn in as Prime Minister until 10am on the final day before the 43rd Parliament had adjourned in the Senate) ever going to create and put to the House of Representatives a new bill amending the Clean Energy Act 2011 and then send it to the Senate in less than 36 hours - much less get it passed in that time period?
Because that is what would be required as the Clean Energy Act creates a fixed price for carbon between 1 April 2013 to 1 February 2016 and, as of 1 June 2013 this legislation sets that price as $24.15 until 1 April 2015 – a rise of $1.15.
The very first opportunity for Parliament to consider amending the Act would be if it sits again on 20 August 2013, which will only happen if writs for a federal general election have not been issued before then.
Abbott’s political lies are never ending.
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