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Australia new PM brings carbon tax repeal bill, as promised

2013-11-12 19:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott stuck to an election pledge on Wednesday to quickly repeal a carbon tax, introducing legislation as the new parliament met for the first time. Abbott, once a climate-change skeptic, was elected in September partly on the back of a plan to scrap a scheme to price the carbon emissions responsible for global warming. But he faces a tough test to convince opposition politicians, with the Greens and Labor Party vowing to fight the changes. "The election was...

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