Telegraph: Ms Gillard, who is facing elections in Australia on August 21, has been criticised for her Labor party’s decision to shelve until 2013 government plans to make polluters pay for the carbon gas they emit. The ruling was made by her predecessor Kevin Rudd, who was ousted by Ms Gillard in June. Ms Gillard followed Mr Rudd’s plan and ruled out charging polluters before 2013. She also proposed creating a “citizens’ assembly” to seek community consensus on how carbon should be …