Doorstop Interview, Whyalla
Posted on Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Subjects: CPI data.
E&OE……………………….…………………………………………………………………
TONY ABBOTT:
The latest CPI figures show that families are under considerable pressure. I think that it just makes it all the more urgent that the Government reign back its own spending because families under pressure obviously don’t need the kind of interest rate pressure which the Government’s spending spree is contributing to. The other point that ought to be made is that, why make a bad situation worse with a carbon tax and a mining tax? This is a government which is adding to the cost of living pressure on families, particularly with its carbon tax.
QUESTION:
[inaudible]
TONY ABBOTT:
I think that if you look behind the headline statistic you see that one of the big impacts has been fuel, one of the other big impacts has been power. Now, fuel and power haven’t been impacted by the floods and the cyclones. Fuel and power prices will be impacted by the Government’s carbon tax and that’s why I think it’s so important that the people understand that this carbon tax is toxic, this carbon tax will make cost of living pressures worse and what we want from government is sensible decisions, not decisions that make a bad situation worse.
QUESTION:
And do you think these figures [inaudible] an additional tax [inaudible]?
TONY ABBOTT:
A sensible government maintains a prudent reserve. Sensible governments meet reasonably foreseeable contingencies from the ordinary resources of government.
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