FED:Turnbull backs ETS but Libs will scrap tax

AAP General News (Australia)
02-28-2011
FED:Turnbull backs ETS but Libs will scrap tax

By Paul Osborne, AAP Senior Political Writer

CANBERRA, Feb 28 AAP - Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has vowed to scrap the carbon
tax if elected prime minister but former leadership rival Malcolm Turnbull says he still
believes in an emissions trading scheme (ETS).

Mr Abbott on Monday said that shadow cabinet had approved a policy of rescinding Labor's
ETS if the coalition took office.

But the announcement was overshadowed by comments by Mr Turnbull who, in a broad-ranging
interview with the BBC, said he still supported an ETS, despite it …