SA govt expects carbon tax to go THE South Australian Labor government is banking on the carbon tax being scrapped with the loss of the expenditure listed in its latest budget figures. In the state's mid-year budget review, the government has included a $32.7 million figure over the forward estimates related to the removal of the tax across all government enterprises. While the federal opposition and the Greens have vowed to block the coalition's plans to repeal the tax, Premier Jay Weatherill said the SA budget projections reflected the policies of both major parties heading into the federal election. "We have put this in the forward estimates in a timeline we suggest meets the commitment of the federal government," Mr Weatherill said on Tuesday. However, the premier said that did not mean the government would realise the total amount as savings, with other federal government measures having a negative impact on the state budget. "There's unders and overs in this budget as a consequence of commonwealth action," he said.