We want the Government to put a tax on carbon. We believe it is the only way to ascertain the true cost of the product.

We do not, however, support the idea of a new tax dumped on top of all the other tax that we pay each day. We believe that the GST could be replaced with a carbon tax. That way, in every step of the process, everyone would pay for their carbon use - farmers, transport companies, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. The price of the item would grow with each step making some things that are very energy hungry very costly. But some things would be much cheaper.

We believe that this would mean the only way companies could keep the price down would be to try to find greener options like organic farming, efficient greener transport and manufacturers who use green energy.

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This petition will go to the Treasurer Peter Costello, the Minister for the Environment Malcolm Turnball and the Shadow Treasurer Wayne Swan and the Shadow Minister for Climate Change, the Environment & Heritage, and the Arts Peter Garrett.