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Australia: Climate change looms as challenge for all parties

2013-08-26 04:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Three years ago then-prime minister Julia Gillard promised there would not be a carbon tax under a government she led. After the 2010 federal election resulted in a hung Parliament, Ms Gillard signed an agreement with the Greens to introduce a price on carbon from 2015, with a transitional period of a fixed carbon tax. Backtracking on her campaign promise fatally undermined Ms Gillard's leadership and the standing of her government. Trust is the currency of politics and once spent can never...

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