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If they lost their job doesn't that mean they're not 'working'?

Are you Bond, James Bond?

Yes you're one of the people who is meant to be 'better off' under the Treasury's modelling. The same Treasury that forecast a surplus for this government after spending billions on this, that and everything. Funny how people put blind faith in made-up numbers that are constantly wrong...

The Chinese are trying to make money. So are the Australian miners. Why is that such a big problem? Do you think they are going to start using our uranium and bomb us with nuclear warheads? Give me a break...

They could always print it. It costs nothing and doesn't decrease productivity.

If people want to sell their Golden Mile properties at Brighton for 60% under value because of global warming - I call dibs.

Yes, we must all really give so much weight to these people who make numbers up for a living. Never before have I seen a "profession" which is so revered whilst being wrong all the time.

That's because labour in other countries is cheap. Here you need to pay $60 ph for an electrician, plumber, site manager etc how can you expect it to be cheap to build anything?

I agree - but this is what pushes house prices up. Any building can become 6+ stars all you need to do is spend money on things like double glazed windows, solar panels etc. If we put it up to 10 stars average-joe couldn't even afford to build a new house even if the land cost $0.

In Vic they already have the 6-star energy requirements for new houses - which is just like another tax but it's not broad-based.

I'm inclined to agree with Instrinsic_Value on this. Just try to profit out of it. The people who support this will be the ones paying for it in the end via more and more taxes. So go ahead.

Don't forget the warm and fuzzy feeling inside when you're paying 10% more for your electricity bill Bayview. That's worth more than any carbon tax.