Tony Abbott's bid to force carbon tax vote | Herald Sun

"This is a vastly significant change. This is a bigger change than the GST because the GST did not purport to save the world," Mr Abbott said.

"This is a tax that purports to save the world but it will go up and up and up once it's introduced."

Voters want say on carbon tax | Herald Sun

AUSTRALIANS face an annual $11 billion carbon tax that looms as the most divisive and economically destructive government policy in decades.

Green schemes 'will cost economy $64bn' | The Australian

LABOR has come under new pressure to dump its renewable energy scheme as explosive modelling finds that it will contribute to $64 billion being slashed from the national economy after a carbon price is introduced.

Federal power bill $75m higher than it could be: auditor

AS THE federal government battles to reach agreement on a carbon price, it has shelved some of its own key energy efficiency commitments, failing to publish an annual update on its energy use since 2007-08.

A scathing Australian National Audit Office report said that $75 million a year in electricity costs could be saved if the government made relatively simple changes to use less electricity in government buildings and drive more efficient vehicles.

Its offices use enough energy to power 5 per cent of the nation's households, but the government told the Herald it could not say whether it was using more or less energy now than five years ago.

Brisbane Weather: Cold Snap Predicted For June 19

Winter is about to arrive in earnest with Brisbane forecast to record its coldest morning in nearly three years on Sunday.