Jason Morrison, popular 2UE breakfast presenter, wandered through the Sydney CBD on Monday evening this week, and was surprised to see a lone woman standing on at a busy intersection holding up a No Carbon Tax sign. Tempe Harvey lives in Brisbane, Queensland, and is a mother, a wife and a lawyer. On holidays in Sydney with her family, Tempe still found time to protest against the carbon tax with the courage of her conviction. Listen to Jason Morrison’s interview with Tempe Harvey on the podcast here: http://www.2ue.com.au/blogs/2ue-blog/carbon-tax-the-one-woman-protest/20110928-1kvzf.html Jason Morrison can be heard on 954 2UE between 5am and 9am
One-woman dynamo, Tempe Harvey, protesting against the carbon dioxide tax in Brisbane
UPDATE:
Tempe took her protest to the Sydney CBD streets again on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings and again on Thursday night.
“The response in Sydney this week has been fantastic. People were waving, tooting horns, grinning, and nearly every bus driver gave me the thumbs up. After five days of campaigning, some motorists were greeting me like a long lost friend”, Tempe said.
One single eco cyclist accosted Tempe on this morning, with the words “Addicted to your car? Yeah I thought so” before racing off in her expensive bicycle attire. Tempe was approached by several people in the street, thanking her for what she was doing and saying they absolutely agreed with her protest. One supporter thanked Tempe for her courage and said, “most of us are with you”. Everyone they spoke to at Sydney torustist attractions, including the guides, were strongly opposed to the tax and ‘can’t wait to get rid of it’.
Just before boarding her flight home, Tempe said “I have no doubt whatsoever that we will win and the carbon tax will be repealed. This week in Sydney convinced me beyond any doubt that we will win this. When the carbon tax (should it come in) is repealed, it will be a famous victory”.
Details of the DIY No Carbon Tax Signs can be found at the Australian Family Association Website:
http://www.family.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=431&Itemid=53
Gotta love the spirit. Never underestimate the power of the individual.
Thanks Tempe from so many of us who are too scared or too old to go out publicly to demonstrate.This issue is frightening if allowed to proceed.It is total madness and this comment comes from a life long environmental campaigner.
Fantastic effort. There is no economy-wide carbon tax or ETS anywhere in the world. Any existing scheme has massive exemptions and subsidies. What about some common-sense practical solutions to protecting our environment? How many city 4WD’s are ever used off road? What about good public transport access to new housing estates, before all the land is built upon. This convoluted tax to modify behaviour is so convoluted, it will be open to loop-holes and corruption. Our ALP Federal government can’t manage an insulation scheme properly! How much money has already been spent? As James Patterson said on ABC’s Q&A (20 June) the scheme that is most commonly cited that Australia should follow the lead of is the European Union Scheme but ours will raise 5 times more revenue in one year, with a much lower population. The potential for disaster is high.
Great work Tempe. Its been a long hard battle but I’m sure we’ll get there.
You may be surprised to learn that the World Bank ( the financial arm of the United Nations ) will
be in receipt of a great percentage of our carbon tax money, which they will then redirect to the
poorer nations, where, it seems Ban Ki-Moon’s concern for climate change is not such a big issue.
Lets look at the UN’s plan for the development of Afghanistan. Consider, for example, the
Afghanistan Public Policy Research Organization (APPRO Policy Paper): Afghanistan’s Power
Sector: Pipe dreams or Workable Solutions. August 2007. It seems climate change isn’t even a
factor: The emergence of an industrial sector in Afghanistan is contingent on how the country
manages to tap into its own energy and non-energy mineral resources as a major part of the
reconstruction process. Recognizing this, the Government has taken a series of steps to formalize
mineral extraction. These include Article 9 of the Constitution and Article 6 of the Environment Act.
Mines and sub-soil resources are declared as the properties of the State which is charged with the
responsibility to regulate, protect and govern the use, management, and mode of utilization of these
public properties. In addition, Article 10 of the Constitution commits the Government firmly and
explicitly to a private sector-led growth strategy (World Bank 2005, ANDS 2005). A key component
of this strategy, implemented through the Ministry of Mines, is to create an enabling environment,
conducive to increased capacity in the private sector to develop the country’s abundant mineral
resources including hydrocarbons. The passing of the Hydrocarbons Law and the Minerals Law
have set the stage for a series of regulations aimed at opening up the mining sector to private
investment. To date the Ministry has awarded a number of mine licenses and quarry authorizations
and sold off state-owned coal mines such as Karkar to private interests. The Ministry has also been
in negotiations with international interests over rights to develop the large Aynak copper deposits…
Perhaps someone should remind Mr. Ki-moon that CO2 emission If there is a problem) and toxic waste pollution doesn’t recognize national boarders, that these are global problems. And so we have the scenario developing
where our carbon tax dollars will flow into the coffers of the World Bank who will then pass them
on to poorer countries – with interest – to develop those same industries that have supposedly caused climate
change and pollution in affluent nations!
Gillard should be impeached. And those of you who think Abbott will save the day – forget it! He won’t change a thing. Who was it that once said: They’ll be no GST while I’m Prime Minster?
Eugene
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