claim: Julia Gillard her decision not to argue against a fixed carbon price being labelled a "carbon tax" hurt her terribly politically.
evidences.evidence_id: Emissions trading:280
evidences.article: Emissions trading
evidences.evidence: The fixed price lent itself to characterisation as a carbon tax and when the government proposed the Clean Energy Bill in February 2011, the opposition claimed it to be a broken election promise.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Julia Gillard:128
evidences.article: Julia Gillard
evidences.evidence: Gillard initially ruled out a "carbon tax" but said that she would build community consensus for a price on carbon and open negotiations with the mining industry for a re-vamped mining profits tax.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Julia Gillard:129
evidences.article: Julia Gillard
evidences.evidence: Following the 2010 hung parliament election result, the Labor Party elected to adopt the Australian Greens preference for a carbon tax to transition to an emissions trading scheme, establishing a carbon price via the Clean Energy Act 2011.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Julia Gillard:194
evidences.article: Julia Gillard
evidences.evidence: During the 2010 election campaign, Gillard also said that no carbon tax would be introduced under a government she led.
evidences.votes: REFUTES REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Julia Gillard:84
evidences.article: Julia Gillard
evidences.evidence: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd suffered a decline in his personal ratings, and a perceived loss of support among his own MPs, following the failure of the Government's insulation program, controversy regarding the implementation of a tax on mining, the failure of the government to secure passage of its carbon trading scheme and some policy debate about immigration policy.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO