Critics say Mr Rudd shelved the legislation, which was twice rejected in parliament and in the Senate, in a bid to 'clear the decks' in an election year.
But that leaves the government with virtually no policies to address climate change, a major global issue which Mr Rudd himself described as the 'great moral challenge of our age'.
Is the government irresponsible for not having a vialbe climate change policy? Should it have kept on with an ETS, or was it a bad idea? Will it affect the way you vote in this year's election?

