Thursday, August 25, 2011

Carbon tax blame game has moved beyond reality

Has the Opposition reached the end of its list of things for which the carbon tax can be blamed?

I know - I know. It's a surprising suggestion, seeing as the list of potential blameables is so temptingly long. But I ask only because in Question Time yesterday, the Opposition's carbon tax questions concerned mainly things for which the carbon tax cannot be blamed.

Possibly the most memorable entry in this ledger was a question from Michael McCormack, the Nationals Member for Riverina, who rose late in the piece to acquaint the chamber with the news that in Sunday night's finale of The Block, Waz and Polly emerged victorious only by virtue of the fact that none of their competitors' properties even made reserve.

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