Industry calls for swift carbon tax repeal

AN alliance of industry groups is urging the Australian parliament not to stand in the way of the Abbott government quickly repealing the carbon tax.

The federal government on Wednesday will introduce its carbon tax repeal legislation to the House of Representatives, the first step in its long-standing pledge to do away with Labor's carbon pricing laws.

But while the government has the numbers to see the legislation through the lower house, it's likely to have less luck in the upper house given the makeup of the current Senate.

Labor and the Australian Greens are expected to block the repeal legislation in the upper house until July, when a less-hostile Senate takes over.

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Australian Industry Group, the Business Council of Australia and the Minerals Council of Australia claim any delay would achieve nothing for the environment and hurt businesses.

"That would be deeply unhelpful as we try to build a more competitive Australia with a better chance of keeping our manufacturing base onshore," said the groups in a statement.

The industry groups - all outspoken critics of the carbon tax - said the next step would be ensuring the government's Direct Action scheme reduces emissions cheaply and doesn't reduce business competitiveness.

If passed, the package of eight bills will not only repeal the carbon tax, but abolish the Climate Change Authority.

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