Commission questions 'direct action'

The climate commission set up to educate the public on the need to tackle global warming has taken a blowtorch to the federal opposition's direct action policy. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's plan to reduce pollution is predominantly focused on ...
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Turnbull lets climate anger bubble over

Malcolm Turnbull delivered a "broadside at his leader's climate policy" on Lateline. Photo: Justin McManus Abbott's policy cops a public drubbing at the hands of one of his own. It started off such a good week for Tony Abbott: Julia Gillard down in the ...
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Sydney Morning Herald

Turnbull's climate defence falls short

MALCOLM TURNBULL has again highlighted what critics say is a serious failing of Tony Abbott's ''Direct Action'' climate policy, even as the former leader was trying to prove that he had not sought to undermine the Coalition's position. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald

Turnbull's climate defence falls short

MALCOLM TURNBULL has again highlighted what critics say is a serious failing of Tony Abbott's ''Direct Action'' climate policy, even as the former leader was trying to prove that he had not sought to undermine the Coalition's position. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald

Carbon tax won't hit price of petrol

PETROL prices will not rise under the new carbon tax after the multi-party committee accepted the federal government's argument it must narrow the cost of living impact of its climate policy in the face of relentless attacks by the Coalition. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald

Carbon price shock: now it's $40 tonne

The new research comes as competing industry groups intensify their demands before the deadline in July for a final announcement on climate policy. The liquefied natural gas industry said yesterday that the offer of between 50 per cent and 66 per cent ...
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Labor starts new carbon probe

The commitment to another report on climate policy - made yesterday at a meeting with owners of coal-fired power plants including Victoria's Hazelwood, Yallourn and Loy Yang A and B - comes just two months before the government's self-imposed deadline ...
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Labor starts new carbon probe

The commitment to another report on climate policy - made yesterday at a meeting with owners of coal-fired power plants including Victoria's Hazelwood, Yallourn and Loy Yang A and B - comes just two months before the government's self-imposed deadline ...
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Business gives cold shoulder to Coalition climate plan

But Mr Warburton has told The Age that he is yet to convince any business leaders to join a Coalition round table to promote its climate policy. ''There has been progress with various business leaders who are very supportive, but many of them would ...
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$70b Future Fund at risk from climate change policies

''Australian taxpayers would expect that $70 billion of its reserves should be well protected from global climate change policy. ''This has nothing to do with the short-term outlook for carbon policy in Australia and the global direction of global ...
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