Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard made a notorious pledge not to introduce a carbon tax three year ago. Opposition leader Tony Abbott marked the third anniversary of, according to him, the most notorious remarks in Australian political history.

In order to highlight the anniversary, Mr. Abbott visited a Linfox trucking depot in Melbourne on Friday morning. He told reporters during a brief press conference in Melbourne that the carbon tax would be "lock, stock, barrel, gone" under a coalition government.

He said that Ms. Gillard said during the 2010 election campaign that there will be no carbon tax under the government she leads. The statement haunted her for three years, and this government is still haunted by it.

A fixed price on carbon pollution emissions was introduced by Ms. Gillard's government. Also, the government revealed of plans of moving to an emission trading scheme after the three years.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has planned to bring forward the floating price by one year. The opposition leader said that despite Kevin Rudd's pledge that the levy would be terminated, the carbon tax would remain under a labor government. He made the comment early morning at the Linfox truck depot in West Melbourne.