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Shorten warns carbon repeal leaves Aust isolated

Australia’s opposition Labor Party leader Bill Shorten has warned the conservative Liberal-National government’s decision to abandon a carbon price mechanism puts the country at risk

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Poll: strong support for ETS in PUP states

In an interesting development a new ReachTEL poll has found more that a vast majority of voters in states that have senate representation from the

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Garnaut says carbon price repeal a mistake

Leading economist Professor Ross Garnaut has said Australia’s conservative Liberal-National government would be making a mistake if it repealed the carbon price legislation. Professor Garnaut,

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EU carbon permit rescue begins March 12

Britain will be the first member country of the European Union to cut the supply of EU carbon permits on March 12 under the bloc’s

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Lib-Nat say Labor’s carbon price figures ‘way off’

Australia’s conservative Liberal-National opposition says the federal Labor government’s forecasts for its carbon price are way off market predictions. The coalition claims revenue projections in

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Australia halves 2015 carbon price forecast

Australia’s minority Labor government has bowed to the pressure of the plummeting European Union carbon price and virtually halved its forecast for carbon under an

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Abbott: Labor govt broke trust on ETS linked tax cut

Australia’s conservative Liberal-National opposition has accused the minority Labor government of ripping off taxpayers after it confirmed it would “defer” tax cuts linked to its