Carbon dioxide tax raises street temperature

The face of the rally, Tony Hooper, has also said,"This began as a protest by the local people within Julia Gillard's electorate and has spread across the State, and we had people attend from as far away as Bendigo, Morwell, the outer east, and one thing was clear, the people are not happy and the Prime Minister better start listening."

As the debate that was declared over continues, the gap between real-life and fantasy appears to be growing, just like it did under Chairman Rudd. Even the once Labor-friendly numbers have turned. "The Herald/Nielsen telephone poll, which surveyed 1400 voters last week, found 56 per cent opposed introduction of a carbon price while just 35 per cent supported such a measure," reports National Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, Mark Davis. "That is a 12-point increase in the share of voters opposing a carbon price since Nielsen polled on the issue in early February."

More concerning for Labor spin doctors too is that when pollsters ask multiple choice questions (as The Institute of Public Affairs did through Galaxy) the manmade climate change faith crumbles. "Only a third of Australians think the world is warming and human carbon dioxide emissions are to blame" after years of censorship-first crusades.

But judging by more scientific voting patterns, Labor's in deeper trouble. Even in Werribee where I protested.