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Australia: Kevin Rudd announces plan to scrap carbon tax - video
2013-07-16 07:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The prime minister, Kevin Rudd, announced his plan to end Australia's controversial carbon tax by the end of June. A floating carbon price, or emissions trading scheme, linked to the European carbon market will take its place. Rudd claims the move will save the average family $380 a year
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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: Rudd Seeks to Ditch Carbon Tax With Eye on Election Campaign
2013-07-14 03:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd plans to accelerate Australias move to emissions trading, scrapping predecessor Julia Gillards clean-energy policy thats left the nation with the worlds highest carbon price. Rudd seeks to bring forward by a year to 2014 the move to a floating price on carbon, Treasurer Chris Bowen said yesterday in an interview with Channel Tens Meet The Press. Australias fixed carbon price is four times higher than Europes. The move came as the ruling Labor party drew even...
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Dumping the carbon tax: easier said than done
2013-06-28 03:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: "Dumping" the carbon tax the fixed price period of Australia's carbon pricing scheme makes for a handy headline. But it would be much harder for a Rudd government to actually do. That's why the Gillard government didn't do it some time back when cabinet examined this option in detail. To start with, it would require legislation, which can't happen before the election since the parliament has risen and which the Greens leader, Senator Christine Milne alive for an opportunity for pre-election...
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