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I am pleased that the Australian Government will introduce a carbon tax of sorts from July next year – a common guess is that it will be about $26 per tonne CO2 although the size of the tax has not yet been announced. Then an emissions trading scheme in 3-5 years after that. The little information [...] It is difficult to see anything defendable in the Liberal Party’s position on climate change as it was articulated on Four Corners last night. The Leader of the Liberal Party in the Senate, Nick Minchin made things clear. He questioned Malcolm Turnbull’s authority and declared man-made climate change a myth – a view he said [...] That some Coalition members refuse to even negotiate on the Government’s ETS is stupidity bordering on the far side of idiocy. Coalition members seem to have foregotten that John Howard, as PM, supported a scheme that is close to the current proposed scheme. Moreover, opposition to even negotiating on the ETS gives the Goverrnment grounds [...] |
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