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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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