Wyatt Roy speaks out against the Carbon Tax

[TheXxspongbobxX]

he should be priminister he is a ledgend



[petersj16]

Young but hardly inspiring.

[Mischelle999]

When are these hollow no policy Liberal weasels going to admit they are only working for the big mining and oil companies? They make me sick with their constant repetitive sound bites..it's all they have..empty shallow rhetoric..No brains, no idea, no policy. Abbott & co are puppet clowns working for the billionaires club. Weasel man only thinks of one thing..HIMSELF & the asshole mining moguls who want him as PM so they can continue to pollute the planet! F#ck off tony Abbott & Wyatt Erk!

[bushpigification]

Libs/Labor/Greens are all the same. They would ALL introduce a carbon tax, the only reason there is such strong opposition is because the never ending game of musical chairs which our two major political parties are involved in... Tony would introduce a carbon trading scheme if he was elected (he only ever talks about the price of carbon, suss?), I bet all my money on it. People need to realise libs/labor are the same party with a different name and get over the the whole left/right paradigm.

[carlosantuckwell]

Brilliant - there's at least 1 young person who has not been fooled by fashionable [fake]"Green" media campaigns (mostly on the ABC - which our taxes fund).

Rising cost of living: don't be fooled by the "Average Wage" - this is misinformation - purely a midpoint between lowest & highest wages.

Truthful statistics would show: how many people get $10,000-$20,000 per year; how many $20,000-$30,000 per year; etc, all the way up to the top 5%.

I've never been near this "average" (55yrs old)

[gregrudd]

You Sir are a young fogey in training. If you were in touch with your own generation you would have taking the greens side on this issue.

[MsSalemSaberhagen]

@gregrudd No, being sensible, conservative and principled whilst obviously not a part of today's youth generation, shows that there are exceptions to the rule and not all brats are uni brainwashed with no principles or decency. Not all youth are brainwashed by the dangerous greens. Some youths CAN think for themselves. Roy IS one of those rare species who has a good head on their shoulders. Its too sad that too many idealistic brainwashed ignorant still kids these days aren't like him.

[Heydosaurus]

@gregrudd Unfortunately for you and your ill-sensed party, you're under the assumption of a stereotype. There are actually some of us that see the nonsense that the carbon tax really is.

[MegaGrandDuke]

@gregrudd You Sir, are an idiot. Firstly, not all people in Wyatt Roy's generation believe in AGW or support a carbon tax. Secondly, it is an MP's job to represent all of their constituents, not just those that happen to be in the same generation as they are. Thirdly, you are still an idiot.

[FunnyEddy14]

@gregrudd In touch with his generation? I'm only a few years younger than him and I agree with him as do many of my peers. The Greens aren't in touch with anything but their own self-interests as they stand on the side-line and blame the two major parties for everything they don't like. Grow up. The Greens are hardly in touch with anything.

[scammedbygov]

Wyatt...do you even know Australia has a Consitution?

[scammedbygov]

Wyatt what you said is exactly correct! But you say this only because you and your party are in opposition. Would you be saying this if your party was in power and your leader was pushing a carbon tax through? NO, you wouldn't! I bet labour would be screaming its wrong too. You don't fool me Wyatt or any of your criminals in Parliament. If you were serious about what you said, you would point out that Gilliard has committed treason on the people of Australia.

[coocoo2803]

Wyatt for future PM. 

[TheGhosthorror]

the howard governemnt which watt roy, would only know wanted to introduce a carbon tax next year

[Kataroku]

Think of how many trees they can plant with all that carbon tax money! Oh wait... It's being used as another form of foreign exchange (I'll sell you 1000 carbon offsets for 5k and then buy them back later for 4k).

Want to know why the power prices are rising? Because the power stations are PRIVATELY OWNED. The government tells us to use LESS power and thus the companies need to raise prices to keep their profit margin and satisfy shareholders. A tax on them = them passing the costs on to us.

[Concertardis]

@Kataroku You are fundamentally misunderstanding the carbon tax my friend. It is not simply a tax on Power plants it's a tax on companies producing higher amounts of carbon, raising prices on their products could cause a drop in sales and as only 500 companies are being taxed other companies products will remain the same price on the market for these taxed companies to remain competitive in their business they have to explore ways to lower their carbon foot print. Don't listen to talk radio.

[Scyeth]

@Kataroku I reckon the government needs to stop blindly deregulating things because they are a great source of problem. The enron controversy brought on by deregulation is a big example. Also we contribute a very small portion of green house emissions when you compare it to all other countries like China and India. So it's quite pointless to be acting like the good guy, when you're really shooting yourself in the foot

[jpilot101]

When labour took over the budget had a $22b surplus and 6 asylum seekers on Nauru. Now we have in excess of a $400b defecit and over 12,000 asylum seekers on Christmas Island. To this day I don't understand why anyone voted against a Howard Government which was still delivering results. Labour don't know which way the sun sets but they'll soon learn.

[angus1000001]

@jpilot101 unfortunately the masses voted against Workchoices. I think that contributed to the downfall of Howard, which is very unfortunate

[Gazza0765]

One wonders if the Australian people can take the Gillard Government to a class action for undue hardship and lack of due process.

[jazzysnaps]

True

[bigswano]

brainwashed by the neo-cons

[1nown]

Don't blame me, I voted Democrat

*waits to see if anyone else takes the obvious flamebait*

[MrZeddy100]

Wyatt Roy is a LEGEND!!

[Bozo2756]

Oh get over it Wyatt

[deeunitt]

Good on you Wyatt you speak the truth

[ashtool]

when you have a head and an ideology this empty, you must do precisely what Wyatt is doing here - resort entirely to FEAR (implying your electorate is stupid, which, let's face it, they most probably are) instead of scholarly examining the economics behind reality... don't hold your breath hoping a 21 year old from QLD will do that in a rush!

[MrZeddy100]

@ashtool Quicker than you think ash TOOL

[grahamf72]

@michael9678727 There are major differences between the CO2 tax & GST. Firstly, the GST removed many hidden taxes so overall cost increases were minimal. Secondly, the GST did not harm employment because businesses don't pay it on their costs. Finally, & most importantly, the GST kept the playing field level between Australian industry and foreign industry, because it doesn't apply to exports, and applies equally to imports & domestic product. CO2 tax fails on all these points.

[loutondacoast]

NOW HEAR THIS !!!

LET'S KICK OUT ALL THIS LABOR LOT

FOR LYING AND FOR TALKING ROT

WASTING ALL OUR MONEY OUT THEIR BACK DOOR

LET'S KICK OUT ALL THIS LABOR CREW

FOR LYING AND DECEIVING YOU

WE JUST AIN'T GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE !!

[1nown]

@loutondacoast YOU LIKE TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS?

YOU MUST THINK THAT IT'S COOL

IF YOU THINK IT MAKES YOUR OPINIONS IMPORTANT

YOU SHOULD REVISIT SCHOOL

LABOR AND LIBERALS LIE

IT IS A SIMPLE FACT

THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT HYPOCRITES

PARROT THE PARTY HACKS

[loutondacoast]

@1nown ...woefull !! That's all you've got to critisize...caps. listen...i don't critisize you cause you use a fork to eat your soup with. so here's some more caps for you...FARK OFF !!!

[1nown]

@loutondacoast Lurk moar. Also, your rhyming was uneven and your message is a simple repetition of right-wing critique bereft of actual meaningful content, ergo it was treated as such. The Liberal Party has been caught many, many times since the election making mistakes, untruths and engaging in blatantly destructive behaviour, so replacing Labor with the Liberals is like replacing The Riddler with The Joker. Labor is the lesser evil IMHO, but neither deserves our vote.

[loutondacoast]

@1nown ....so, well what the bleeding hell are you on about and who the bleeding hell are YOU gonna vote for next time. The Riddler and The Joker aye! ....goo goo boy!

[Robinfuk]

@loutondacoast u suck

[AnthonyP1991]

"The Australian". Oh yes, a conservative-opinionated newspaper who gets criticised by Media Watch for biased opinions.

[bennyboytalk]

can't wait for a Roy Government!

[australianews]

'''living expenses'''' two words that could have cut out all that wasted time of you blabbing on.

Second Howard gave us the living expenses we now face.

I watched food double in price under howard . smokes up three fold from 25 to $75

Petrol up by 10 cents a litre because of the GST which made everything that travelled on a truck cost more.

Record numbers losing their houses.

OHH SORRY i forgot you were too young to understand what we went through

with the howard Gov.

[mustbebored21]

@australianews we only needed the GST to pay off Labor's debt.. Wat do we need a Carbon Tax for? To pay off Labor's debt, if the Gov't had any money of its own then it could easily build green power stations, but no they spent all OUR money..

[michael9678727]

it's funny, when the GST was introduced we all paid 10% more for most services & goods. sure we got a tax cut. but the tax cut didn't cover the increases in costs. I was hit $23000 more when I was building my house because of the GST. As a business owner I have to charge 10% on my fees, where previously people did have to pay this extra amount. So the carbon tax is no different.

[SUNDAYSSNAFU]

@michael9678727 but howard took the gst to an election :)

[michael9678727]

@SUNDAYSSNAFU Whats that got to do with paying 10% more on goods and services?

[michael9678727]

@SUNDAYSSNAFU Whats that got to do with paying 10% more on goods and services?

The point I'm making is that we are happy to pay 10% more on most things but the carbon tax is going to kill us!

[MegaArchiebald]

Oh my god, not another tax. Well I suppose we can forgive the Libs for the 10%GST they gave us. Or have people forgotten?

[mustbebored21]

@MegaArchiebald yer but we elected the Libs knowing full well we could be taxed...

[MegaArchiebald]

@mustbebored21 If the Libs or Labour won outright, we wouldn't have a Carbon Tax. It is all a trade off for the Greens to give preference. I'm sure it would still be in if the Greens lent support to the Libs to gain power.

[phyllie2112]

Wyatt, sell your beach house now. If you keep on like this, your kids will never be able to enjoy it - it'll be under water. You evidently have no idea that this is an investment now, for our future. I'm proud of the Labor party for seeing in the long term - I'd rather be 'betrayed' (it wasn't a betrayal, the Labor party has always supported an ETS - the carbon tax is an interim measure) for a better result.

[MrDatsunInsult]

You're doing a great job champ. Keep at them.

[mcgeeslover]

I love the way you mimicked Ju-Liar's body language when you quoted the quote...

You're doing a great job, don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

[i8uNWO]

I bit of advice kid, stick to your guns and dont sell out, be different!

[2times333]

@i8uNWO Didn't he already sell out by adopting Abbott's line word-for-word?

[i8uNWO]

@2times333 No, I think he summed it up nicely, but don’t go thinking I think the Libs or Greens are worth anything either, Our politicians across the board are no longer representative of the people, there acting in treason & the proof is the many breaches of our Constitution without referendum . Please youtube a video called " How to sack the Australian Parliament at election time." We need to stop in fighting and make these pricks accountable.