“THE Greens will support the Gillard government’s $300 million steel transformation plan in both houses of parliament, ensuring Labor’s entire carbon tax plan will be passed into law.
“The party’s support will be conditional on an amendment requiring the government to pay regard to green jobs in allocating steel restructuring funds.
And while the Australian government asked the Australian people for submissions, most of the 4,500 were apparently against the tax and so rejected.
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.