MID:Premier says govt treating public mugs

AAP General News (Australia)
04-13-2011
MID:Premier says govt treating public mugs

New South Wales Premier BARRY O'FARRELL says the federal government is treating the
public like mugs by telling them they'll be better off under a carbon tax compensation
scheme.

Federal Climate Change Minister GREG COMBET will today announce the details of a billion
dollar compensation package .. which he claims will leave millions of households better
off than they are now.

But Mr O'FARRELL .. who campaigned against the carbon tax in the lead up to his landslide
win at the March 26 state election .. has today ridiculed the claim.

He says he'll speak to Prime Minister JULIA GILLARD about the tax when the two met
in Sydney tomorrow .. their first face to face meeting since the state election.

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KEYWORD: CLIMATE OFARRELL (SYDNEY)

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