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July 12th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The consumer watchdog has received more than 600 complaints or inquiries about the carbon tax’s impact on prices.
The federal government’s $23-a-tonne impost on carbon emissions started on July 1.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says of the more than 8000 general complaints it has received so far this month, 630 related to the carbon tax.
“Clearly the biggest group have been about energy retailers,” ACCC deputy chairman Michael Schaper told ABC Radio on Thursday.
Other sectors included construction, landfill and refrigerant gases.
The commission says 20 cases are being investigated.
“If we come across businesses that are really setting out to dupe consumers … then we will certainly go after them,” Dr Schaper said.
Bakery chain Brumby’s was still being investigated after management told franchisees they should use the carbon tax as cover for unrelated price increases.
Two solar companies, Polaris Solar and ACT Renewable Energy, earlier in July were found to have made misleading comments about the impact of the carbon tax on electricity prices.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said he was not surprised that complaints were being made about the carbon tax.
“The best way to end the complaints is axe the tax,” he told reporters in western Sydney on Thursday.
Mr Abbott said it was important for the ACCC to police firms ripping off consumers but he noted the whole point of the carbon tax was to make power dearer.
“If it doesn’t make power more expensive, it is not doing its job,” he said.
“If this tax doesn’t hurt business, it’s not working.
“If it is not hurting, it is not working.”
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