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Australia: Carbon price abolition will cost $7.4bn over four years
2013-12-19 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Abolishing the carbon price will result in a $7.4bn deterioration in the budget position over the next four years, with the federal government setting aside more than $2bn in 2013-14 to buy back "free permits" allocated to Australia's heavy emitters. The Coalition has pitched its long-running political campaign against carbon pricing squarely in a cost-of-living frame -- arguing the "carbon tax' regime drives up consumer prices. But the mid-year economic forecast released on Tuesday confirm...
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Australia eyes $90m jobs package
2013-12-18 04:43:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Australia announces plans to set up a A$100m ($90m; 55m) fund to create jobs in states affected by Holden's decision to stop making cars there.
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Australia: Renewable energy: Tony Abbott signals he could wind back or scrap targets
2013-12-18 04:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott has signalled next year's review of the renewable energy target could wind back, or even scrap, the scheme, saying lower power prices are the government's primary goal and the rationale for the RET no longer exists. Announcing modest government assistance for Holden, the prime minister also revealed he would chair a new taskforce to find ways to make industry more competitive, with reducing the cost of energy a primary aim. Asked whether that could involve scaling back the RET,...
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AECOM Joint Venture In Australia Awarded Multi-Million-Dollar Moreton Bay Rail Project
2013-12-18 01:54:57| publicworks Home Page
AECOM Technology Corporation, a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for public and private clients in more than 140 countries around the world, announced recently that a joint venture between AECOM’s Australian business and Aurecon Design has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to deliver a component of the required design services for the US$1.07B Moreton Bay Rail project in Australia
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Australia: Deficit may last 10 years
2013-12-17 08:49:19| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Australia's budget deficit may last for a decade if urgent "remedial action" is not taken to improve the country's finances, its government warns.
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