Parliament set to vote on carbon tax FEDERAL Labor's commitment to the carbon tax is about to be tested with a parliamentary vote on government legislation repealing the controversial measure. "There is nowhere to run on the floor of the parliament," Environment Minister Greg Hunt told reporters in Canberra on Thursday. The coalition government's package of 11 repeal bills is expected to clear the lower house at about 1.30pm (AEDT). Deputy opposition leader Tanya Plibersek insists Labor has not changed its long-standing stance on the issue. "We've said since 1988 ... that carbon pollution causing climate change is an environmental and economic problem that we need to take action on," she told reporters. The carbon tax, introduced by the Gillard government, has been operating since July 2012. The Rudd government announced before the September 7 election it would terminate the tax from July 2014 and replace it with a market-based emissions trading scheme. The Australian Greens lamented a black day for the Australian way of life. Prime Minister Tony Abbott was defying the laws of physics and chemistry by thinking he could put pollution into the air at no cost, deputy leader Adam Bandt said. "The kind of bushfires that we've seen and the kind of super typhoons that we've seen are going to become a part of our way of life," he said.