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July 25th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
AAP
A South Australian refrigeration company falsely blamed the federal government’s controversial carbon tax for recent price rises, the consumer watchdog has found.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says Equipserve Solutions has agreed to send a “corrective notice” to customers after it claimed a price increase for refrigerant gas was due entirely to the pollution price.
The company will also post an explanation on its website and has promised not to engage in similar conduct in the future.
“Equipserve has co-operated fully with the ACCC and promptly offered a court-enforceable undertaking to resolve the matter,” watchdog chairman Rod Sims said in a statement on Wednesday.
Earlier this month Climate Change Minister Greg Combet said some businesses that supplied gas for refrigerators and air-conditioners were engaged in “evil price gouging” following the introduction of the $23-a-tonne carbon tax on July 1.
Mr Combet said on Wednesday the Equipserve case was important given the “unscrupulous scare campaign” that had been run by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott regarding the impact of the carbon price on refrigerants.
“It shows that exaggerated claims being made about the size of price rises for refrigerants which are due to the carbon price are factually wrong,” Mr Combet said in a statement.
“It also demonstrates that Mr Abbott has been deceiving the public and encouraging businesses to price gouge.”
Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury called on the opposition to apologise “for deceiving the public and for encouraging businesses to price-gouge their customers”.
The Equipserve case was also a reminder to other businesses not to make false and misleading claims about the carbon price, he said in a statement.
Businesses that incorrectly attribute price rises to the carbon price can face fines of up to $1.1 million.
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