FED:MP defends Abbott renewing carbon attack

AAP General News (Australia)
08-11-2011
FED:MP defends Abbott renewing carbon attack

CANBERRA, Aug 11 AAP - Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has returned from a holiday
in riot-struck Britain to resume the coalition's attack on the government's proposed carbon
tax.

Mr Abbott is in Perth and is expected to visit a manufacturer of environmentally friendly
products.

Liberal backbencher Kelly O'Dwyer defended her leader against accusations he was being
one-dimensional in his attack on the carbon tax, saying the issue was one of the most
critical Australia faced.

"(The federal government) would really dearly love Tony Abbott to stop talking about
this issue because they don't have the answers," she told Sky News on Thursday.

Labor MP Gai Brodtmann said the government did want discussion on the issue as long
as it was based on fact.

"All Tony Abbott does is do this apocalyptic rant from the pulpit," she said.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard is also in Western Australia and will front a town hall
meeting in Perth on Thursday night.

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