Typo or Freudian slip?

Environment Minister Greg Hunt's office went into damage control on Wednesday morning when its spin doctors spun the wrong way.

Carbon tax gaffe: Greg Hunt's office swiftly amended the offending press release. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

In a media release to accompany the latest greenhouse gas emission figures for Australia, Mr Hunt was quoted in the opening line as saying: "Emissions figures released today show the Carbon Tax is still inflicting plenty of gain, with no environmental pain".

Within four minutes, the release was speedily amended to swap the offending nouns, to say that the tax was in fact "still inflicting plenty of pain, with no environmental gain".