We implemented carbon pricing in Australia, then Rupert Murdoch overthrew the government and installed his own conservative party to undo everything.
U have the same issue with Rupert over there. He owns your conservative party and the main media delivery platform to the socio-economic areas that decide elections.
His fear game is simple. You either have a tax OR the jobs the blue-chip companies provide. They will threaten to leave your country (during an election most likely) and u will need to deal with those consequences. In the days of social media engineering, fake news wins. Rupert invented fake news! He successfully deflected all the blame to the Russians, when its his propaganda network which is responsible for deseminating fake news at scale.
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