Video - Polls change, carbon [dioxide] is forever says PM - The Sydney Morning Herald

Prime Minister Julia Gillard vists 3AW's Neil Mitchell to sell her carbon package.

Carbon tax gougers face $1m in fines

COMPANIES that use the carbon tax as an excuse to price gouge will face fines of up to $1.1 million as part of a price watch regime to be overseen by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Peabody's $5bn coal takeover planned in 24 hours? | Australian Climate Madness

Are you seriously suggesting that a five BILLION dollar takeover proposal was conceived and executed in the 24 hours since your carbon tax announcement? That a business about to make such a massive investment just "did it on a whim" after seeing you on the telly on Sunday night?

You're a lawyer, Julia. You know how these things work.

The New Nostradamus of the North: Russia, Germany and the greenies will not be able to stop the shale gas revolution

However, it is not likely that the Eastern European countries are going to allow the anti-shale gas lobby to prevent the coming shale gas revolution in Europe. Poland and the other countries with potential shale gas resources will not accept a Europe-wide ban or moratorium on shale gas exploration. Russia and Gazprom will have to rethink their strategy. The days when they were able to wage "energy war" in Europe are gone, hopefully for ever.

Watchdog to probe carbon tax rip-offs | Courier Mail

Six new government agencies and 20 new programs will also be created to oversee the carbon tax.

"It just seems like a bureaucrats' picnic," Opposition environment spokesman Greg Hunt said.