Carbon chaos in Canberra | Climate Spectator

There is good reason why the government did not release the details of its carbon pricing package before the weekend. Broad agreement with the Greens and the independents may well have been reached on the key parameters, but an absolute bun-fight was continuing on the details.

Some accounts paint a picture of chaos in the corridors, as lobbyists and MPs and company folk suddenly realised, when Prime Minister Julia Gillard set down this Sunday as Carbon Day, that “OMG! They are going to do it,” and dived into the scrum to eke out an exemption or an extra dollar in compensation.