Job cuts at car company Ford prove the carbon tax has arrived at the worst possible time and must go, federal opposition climate action spokesman Greg Hunt says.
“This confirms that it is the worst possible time for a carbon tax,” he told reporters in Melbourne on Tuesday, referring to a Herald Sun report that Ford will shed 440 jobs at two Victorian plants.
“Our sympathy is with the workers and our determination is to do all we can to take away the added pressures which can be removed on production in Australia.”
Mr Hunt dismissed Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s claims that a coalition government would not repeal the carbon tax despite its repeated promises to do so.
“We will repeal the carbon tax clearly, absolutely and unequivocally,” he said.
“I am not surprised that the prime minister thinks that others won’t honour their word simply because she doesn’t honour her word.”
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