Bachmann: I'll bring back $2 gas - Aug. 18, 2011

"The day that the president became president gasoline was $1.79 a gallon," Bachmann said. "Look what it is today."

Helen Coonan’s valedictory speech | The Stump

As business and consumer confidence plummets, I do worry that insufficient weight is being given in this debate to the impact of introducing a carbon tax in such uncertain economic times, and whether Australia can afford to forfeit its comparative advantage in access to cheap energy that has thus far underpinned a commodity boom that has reshaped Australia’s economy in the 21st century.

PM - Vic carbon tax modelling misleading: PM 18/08/2011

MARK COLVIN: Carbon tax dominated question time in Canberra today, and the Opposition appeared to have taken a concerted decision to concentrate their fire on Julia Gillard. Opposition members directed their questions to the Prime Minister and not to the relevant ministers on all sorts of questions over the planned tax.

In particular, Coalition MPs tried to embarrass Julia Gillard over modelling released in Victoria today. It claimed that the tax would reduce jobs growth by more than 24,000 in 2015, costing that state's economy $2.8 billion.

But Ms Gillard says the modelling missed out a crucial bit of information, namely that it failed to factor in any of the billions of dollars to be handed out in compensation.

Where did Northern Ireland's summer go?- Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

It's been the coldest "summer" since 1987.