claim: Tony Abbott the Opposition must respect the Government's mandate to overturn the carbon tax.
evidences.evidence_id: Tony Abbott:191
evidences.article: Tony Abbott
evidences.evidence: Following the first Gillard Government budget in May 2011, Abbott used his budget-reply speech to reiterate his critiques of government policy and call for an early election over the issue of a carbon tax.
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evidences.evidence_id: Tony Abbott:212
evidences.article: Tony Abbott
evidences.evidence: On the first day of the new Parliament, Abbott introduced legislation into Parliament to repeal the Carbon Tax, and commenced Operation Sovereign Borders, the Coalition's policy to stop illegal maritime arrivals, which received strong public support.
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evidences.evidence_id: Tony Abbott:289
evidences.article: Tony Abbott
evidences.evidence: As Opposition Leader, Abbott declared that he accepted that climate change was real and that humans were having an impact on it, but rejected carbon pricing as a means to address the issue, proposing instead to match the Labor government's 5% emissions reduction target through implementation of a plan involving financial incentives for emissions reductions by industry, and support for carbon storage in soils and expanded forests.
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evidences.evidence_id: Tony Abbott:298
evidences.article: Tony Abbott
evidences.evidence: Upon becoming Leader of the Opposition, Abbott put the question of support for the Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) to a secret ballot and the Liberal Party voted to reject the policy – overturning an undertaking by Turnbull to support an amended version of the government's scheme.
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evidences.evidence_id: Tony Abbott:301
evidences.article: Tony Abbott
evidences.evidence: With Abbott as Opposition Leader, the Liberal party opposed a carbon emissions tax and an Emissions Trading Scheme.
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