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Tony Burke backs Gillard call to fight for carbon pricing Tony Burke backs Gillard call to fight for carbon pricing
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Tony Burke has backed Julia Gillard’s call for the Labor party to fight against the Abbott government’s planned repeal of the carbon price.Tony Burke has backed Julia Gillard’s call for the Labor party to fight against the Abbott government’s planned repeal of the carbon price.
Asked, with reference to the essay that the former prime minister wrote for Guardian Australia, whether he believed the carbon pricing scheme Gillard introduced should be kept intact, Burke told the ABC that the ALP should vote in both houses to keep an emissions trading scheme.Asked, with reference to the essay that the former prime minister wrote for Guardian Australia, whether he believed the carbon pricing scheme Gillard introduced should be kept intact, Burke told the ABC that the ALP should vote in both houses to keep an emissions trading scheme.
Burke, who was immigration minister in the last Rudd government, said: “I think your worst days in opposition are when you haven’t been clear on what you believe and what you stand for. And we’ve made clear that we think Australia should play its part in reducing emissions around the world, and we should do that in the most economically effective way, and that’s an emissions trading scheme.”Burke, who was immigration minister in the last Rudd government, said: “I think your worst days in opposition are when you haven’t been clear on what you believe and what you stand for. And we’ve made clear that we think Australia should play its part in reducing emissions around the world, and we should do that in the most economically effective way, and that’s an emissions trading scheme.”
On Saturday, Guardian Australia published a 5,000-word essay by former prime minister Gillard.On Saturday, Guardian Australia published a 5,000-word essay by former prime minister Gillard.
In a broad-ranging essay that examined her time in office, the feelings of losing the leadership, and how she believed the ALP should move forward, Gillard conceded she had made mistakes in managing the introduction of the carbon pricing scheme.In a broad-ranging essay that examined her time in office, the feelings of losing the leadership, and how she believed the ALP should move forward, Gillard conceded she had made mistakes in managing the introduction of the carbon pricing scheme.
But she added: “Labor should not in opposition abandon our carbon pricing scheme. Climate change is real. Carbon should be priced. Community concern about carbon pricing did abate after its introduction. Tony Abbott does not have a viable alternative.”But she added: “Labor should not in opposition abandon our carbon pricing scheme. Climate change is real. Carbon should be priced. Community concern about carbon pricing did abate after its introduction. Tony Abbott does not have a viable alternative.”
Wayne Swan, treasurer under Gillard, described the essay as a “remarkable and mature contribution to the future of the Australian Labor party”.Wayne Swan, treasurer under Gillard, described the essay as a “remarkable and mature contribution to the future of the Australian Labor party”.
He told Guardian Australia that Gillard would be “regarded as one of Labor's great warriors”.He told Guardian Australia that Gillard would be “regarded as one of Labor's great warriors”.
He said of the essay: “It's candid and generous and I hope it will provoke the type of discussions Labor needs to have to heal and rebuild our sense of purpose.He said of the essay: “It's candid and generous and I hope it will provoke the type of discussions Labor needs to have to heal and rebuild our sense of purpose.
“It's essential reading for everyone who knows the unique role progressive politics plays in making Australia a better place.”“It's essential reading for everyone who knows the unique role progressive politics plays in making Australia a better place.”
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