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Australia govt wins backing for emissions scheme
2014-10-29 08:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australia's government has reached a compromise with independent senators and a key opposition party to secure support for a A$2.5 billion ($2.2 billion) fund to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Environment Minister Greg Hunt said Wednesday. The ruling Liberal party has secured backing from the Palmer United Party (PUP) and independent senators Nick Xenophon and John Madigan on a contentious policy issue that brought down the country's two previous prime ministers. "This is a tremendous outcome...
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