Killer carbon tax to hit farmers

The Government will next week release a detailed discussion paper on the proposed emissions trading scheme to come into place a little over a year from now.

But the Opposition warns that agriculture is about to be hit with the equivalent of a killer tax from day one of the scheme, and says it’s time farmers start making some noise.

Agriculture is not expected to feature too heavily when Federal Minister for Climate Change, Penny Wong, releases the Government’s emission reduction targets because the sector won’t be considered for coverage until 2013.