Jason Morrison

After months of carry on in the Senate, Labor teamed up with the Greens again to save their carbon tax today.

That means come July the tax, passed by Rudd/Gillard/Rudd and today re-endored by Bill Shorten, rises from $24.15 per tonne to $25.40 per tonne – a five percent increase.

Guess who’ll end up paying for that? People who have the power on, buy groceries, run air conditioning and refrigeration, turn machinery etc

Only people with their head up their backsides buy Penny Wong’s logic that this won’t be passed along.

As Australian manufacturing deals with all the normal pressures, the Greens and Labor have just made it just that bit more tougher - with a tax that achieves a grand total of what?

I hope the people of Western Australia who have another say with a Senate vote take notice.

(the above photo was taken by Andrew Meares of Fairfax who has a remarkable ability to catch the moment that sums political people up well)