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Australia election threatens shape of $34 billion broadband plan
2013-07-16 05:45:21| Telecom - Topix.net
The future of an ambitious project to connect almost all Australia's far-flung inhabitants to high-speed internet, the largest infrastructure enterprise in the country's history, is hanging on the outcome of an upcoming federal election.
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The big mining debate presents us with two versions of Australia
2013-07-16 05:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Last night, Q&A came to Perth. Somewhat predictably, discussion mostly consisted of taxes, sovereign risk and boats, leaving the impression that Western Australia is merely a rather paranoid quarry. Kevin Rudds return has raised expectations of changes to the mining tax, but defence minister Stephen Smith quickly dampened these hopes (or fears), stating there was no proposal to change current arrangements. There was a weariness to the discussion we are all too familiar with the ill-fated resources...
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Australia carbon tax to cost $3.5bn
2013-07-16 04:52:56| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Australian PM Kevin Rudd says plans to scrap an unpopular carbon tax will cost A$3.8bn ($3.5bn; 2.3bn), but says families will be better off.
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Australia plans to scrap carbon tax, bring forward trading scheme
2013-07-16 03:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australia's government moved on Tuesday to scrap its carbon tax and bring forward an emissions trading scheme a year earlier than planned, a policy shift certain to be a focal point in an election likely to be held within weeks. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he wants the fixed price on carbon emissions to end on June 30, 2014. A floating carbon price, or emissions trading scheme (ETS) that will be linked to the European carbon market, will start the following day. Rudd said the change would...
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Australia: Northern quoll in the firing line of floating carbon price
2013-07-15 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The machinations of Europe's carbon permit market would initially appear to have very little to do with the northern quoll, the smallest but most aggressive member of the quoll family that has vanished from vast tracts of Queensland and the Northern Territory. But should the federal government bring forward a floating carbon price, linked to the cheaper European market, there are likely to be a number of knock-on impacts upon Australia's endangered species, farmland and national parks. The...
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