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Australia: Tony Abbott on carbon tax repeal legislation video
2013-10-15 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott announced today the first bill to be considered by parliament will be a bill to repeal the carbon tax. The Australian prime minister claims the legislation will bring down the average electricity bill by $200 a year, meaning an average household will be $550 better off
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Australia carbon tax: Abbott prepares repeal bill
2013-10-15 05:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has published draft legislation to repeal the country's carbon tax. The controversial tax, which was introduced under the previous Labor government, imposed a levy on the 300 biggest polluters. Mr Abbott, who said the tax cost jobs and forced energy prices up, said the repeal bill would be the first reviewed under the new parliament. Australia is the developed world's worst polluter per head of population. Mr Abbott said that the draft bill was "designed...
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Oilex secures exploration permits for Canning basin, Australia
2013-10-15 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Australia's Admiral Oil, a subsidiary of Oilex, has secured two petroleum exploration permits from the government of Western Australia for the onshore Canning basin.
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Australia: Carbon tax double dissolution threat just hot air
2013-10-14 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Environment Minister Greg Hunt, who co-wrote a pro-carbon price university paper titled "A Tax To Make The Polluter Pay", announced today that legislation to repeal the Clean Energy Future Act would be introduced "in week one of the Parliament". In response to questions from journalists, he also refused to rule out the prospect that the Liberal government would take the legislation to a double dissolution election. "It will be our first legislative act", said Mr Hunt to reporters at a parliamentary...
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Australia: Clive Palmer plan for $6bn China First coalmine tests new environmental laws
2013-10-14 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The managing director of Clive Palmer's proposed $6bn China First coalmine met senior federal Environment Department officials on Monday to determine "whether or not" new federal environmental laws would apply to the project. The mining magnate who has clinched a powerful four-senator voting bloc from next July needs a federal government decision before he can proceed with plans to export 40 million tonnes of coal each year. The decision is required under new laws passed by the former Labor...
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