The Consumers & Taxpayers Association (CATA) has organised a No Carbon Tax rally to be held outside Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese’s Marrickville (Sydney) office at 12 noon tomorrow (Thursday 1st September).\u00a0 This is in direct response to Anthony Albanese’s\u00a0 sneering ‘Convoy of No Consequence’ remarks.<\/p>\n
For more info on the latest No Carbon Tax rally, visit the CATA website.\u00a0 The Sydney-based organisation, GetUp!, is apparently planning a ‘counter’ rally to commence one hour before the Consumers & Taxpayers Association rally.<\/p>\n
A quote from the GetUp! posting regarding the pro-carbon tax rally:\u00a0 “Some things are quintessentially the inner west \u2013 great coffee, chilled out pubs, street music and lively restaurants. We\u2019re not just mums, dads workers and students \u2013 we\u2019re stirrers, dreamers and debaters. We share a sense of responsibility or justice that compels us to do our bit to ensure we leave behind a world that is better than what we inherited. That\u2019s why we have the Martin Luther King mural on King St.”\u00a0 Hmmm, and by implication, people who don’t want a carbon tax don’t care about leaving the world a better place than they found it?\u00a0 And a 2-dimensional image of a good person on a wall assures a\u00a0community of good people?\u00a0 (In that case, thousands of Australian households are all the better for those cheap Buddha\u00a0figurines that have been running out the door at Crazy Clarke’s in recent years.)\u00a0<\/p>\n
In reality, the inner-city region of Sydney is the most heavily polluted part of Australia.\u00a0 The natural environment has been absolutely decimated during 2 centuries of white settlement.\u00a0\u00a0 If these inner-city residents were serious about improving the natural environment rather than just dreaming and debating, they would at least start working on their own backyard – by pulling out all introduced species of plants and eradicating feral animals (including foxes) and introduced bird species (from sparrows to\u00a0starlings, blackbirds\u00a0and pigeons); by removing paving, concrete and swimming pools; and planting native species of vegetation\u00a0in an effort to at least encourage native birds back into the most densely populated,\u00a0damaged\u00a0part of our country.\u00a0 But no, they’d prefer to only have to tick a ‘carbon offset’ box\u00a0every time they fly, plant a corflute ‘Vote Green’ sign in the midst of the terrace’s\u00a0cottage garden, and go off to the local cafe\u00a0to discuss what others should be doing miles away, over a latte.<\/p>\n
The Just Grounds Community has collected more than 30,000 handwritten signatures calling for a Federal Election to be held, and are looking for additional signatures.\u00a0 There is a link to the petition on the home page of the Just Grounds Community website<\/a>.<\/p>\n