"Sir John Howard" wrote in message
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> Reverse solar subsidy cut, say Greens
>
> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23714640-29277,00.html
>
> GREENS leader Bob Brown today urged Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to
> reverse the Budget blunder which had devastated solar power businesses
> around Australia.
>
> Senator Brown said voters had expected the Rudd Government to use its
> first Budget to tackle climate change.
>
> "Instead this was an Exocet missile into a key industry for reducing
> greenhouse gas emissions," he said in a statement.
>
> "This is a stunning solar stuffup for Labor's first Budget."
>
> In a move announced in the Budget, only households earning less than
> $100,000 will be eligible for the $8000 rebate, aimed at offsetting
> the cost of installing solar panels to generate electricity.
>
> The threshold is lower than the $150,000 earnings limit the Government
> also announced in the Budget for households to receive certain family
> tax benefits.
>
> This move has prompted widespread complaints of cancelled orders from
> across the solar panel installation industry.
>
> Senator Brown said this obviously was not thought through.
>
> "If either (Environment Minister) Peter Garrett or (Climate Change
> Minister) Penny Wong were consulted or backed this absurd move they
> should hang their heads in shame. Their silence has been deafening,"
> he said.
>
Garrett's not allowed to talk anymore.
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