The Greens have launched their Sun Fund policy in Cairns, which seeks to use the Federal Government's claimed $300 million annual fossil fuels subsidy for renewable energy instead.
The Greens believe that this will reduce greenhouse gas emissions thus protecting the likes of the Barrier Reef and wet tropics.
ABC News: 'Greens pledge to push renewable energy'
Thanks to Luke Walker for the link.
Apologies Luke. The above should have been addressed to Ender.
So what's in a name? When it comes to wedge politics, everything. Rebadging a refund as a rebate or an Energy Grants Credit, makes it easier to paint it as a subsidy - implying that instead of receiving back your own property, you are getting a slice of everyone else's.
Think of that next time you all submit your income tax returns, hoping for a tax refund rather than a tax bill. Watch out for what the refund gets called.
Back to my original question. If the "fossil fuel subsidies" that the Greens plan to appropriate to fund renewable energy, are not from the diesel fuel rebate, then what are they?