Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Australian minister makes a song and dance about carbon tax

MP Craig Emerson, the Australian Minister for Trade and Competitiveness, launches into a musical stunt during a live television interview in defense on the party's controversial carbon tax.

Mr Emerson was asked to comment during a live interview with ABC News on the impact of a carbon tax on the South Australian mining town of Whyalla.


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The leader opposition Tony Abbott has claimed the tax which forces the biggest polluters, to pay AUS$23 (£15) per metric ton of carbon dioxide emitted, will "wipe the town off the map" if implemented.

In response, Mr Emerson, launched into a rendition of 1975 song Horror Movie by Australian band Skyhooks, complete with is own self-styled lyrics and dance moves. Mr Emerson sang enthusiastically although not entirely tunefully, "no Whyalla wipeout, there on my TV ... shocking me right out of my brain".

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