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Australia: Tony Abbott's carbon price referendum was a flop
2013-09-11 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Just five days before polling day, then-opposition leader Tony Abbott declared at Australia's National Press Club that the 2013 election would be a referendum on the carbon price. "More than anything," Mr Abbott said, "this election is a referendum on the carbon tax." The Australian federal election was held on Saturday 7 September, an event notable for vast absenteeism at the polling booths in a nation with compulsory voting. Factoring in early voting and postal voting, there are likely...
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