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Australia: Coalition turns back on UN climate summit
2013-11-07 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: Australia will not be represented by a senior elected member of the Abbott government at next week's major round of international climate change negotiations starting Monday in Warsaw. It is also unclear whether the delegation of diplomats representing Australia at the talks has been given a final negotiating mandate for the meeting. The Abbott government on Wednesday cancelled meetings with business representatives and foreign diplomats to brief them on Australia's stance at the climate talks....
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Climate change talks: no minister represent Australia
2013-11-07 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia will have no government minister at the main United Nations climate negotiations next week, for the first time since the Kyoto accord in 1997. Diplomat Justin Lee, Australia's ambassador for climate change, will represent the country at international talks in Poland, which are seen as vital to laying the groundwork for a global agreement to cut carbon emissions. A spokesman for the environment minister, Greg Hunt, told Guardian Australia he would be "honouring the election promise...
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Lakes Oil to drill Gippsland basin well in Australia
2013-11-07 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Australian oil and gas explorer Lakes Oil (LKO) has submitted an application to drill the Wombat 5 well in the Gippsland basin in 2014.
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Australia: Shoppers warned: food prices may not fall when carbon tax is scrapped
2013-11-06 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Food and grocery prices may not fall when the carbon tax is repealed and struggling food manufacturers could be forced to continue to pay the tax in their power bills for 18 months after compensation schemes offered by the former Labor government had been abolished. The warning, from the Australian Food and Grocery Council, comes after cautions from electricity generators and retailers that they can't guarantee domestic power bills will fall by Tony Abbott's promised 9% and from the Australian...
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Bubble Trouble Seen Brewing in Australia Home Prices: Mortgages
2013-11-06 06:19:25| Real Estate - Topix.net
Gigi Wong beat four other bidders in an auction of a three-bedroom Sydney house with peeling wallpaper, cracked doors and an overgrown backyard by paying A$856,000 , 14 percent more than the realtor expected the property to fetch.
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