Guardian: Just five days before polling day, then-opposition leader Tony Abbott declared at Australia's National Press Club that the 2013 election would be a referendum on the carbon price.
"More than anything," Mr Abbott said, "this election is a referendum on the carbon tax."
The Australian federal election was held on Saturday 7 September, an event notable for vast absenteeism at the polling booths in a nation with compulsory voting.
Factoring in early voting and postal voting, there are likely...