Green Lantern wrote:
> "Sir John Howard" wrote in message
> news:2a3ce90a-20c5-4678-921a-36acf9f927b2@u12g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> > 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.
Maybe he should sing for his supper. |