Guardian: Australias 20 biggest polluters will be able to significantly increase their greenhouse gas output despite being covered by the Abbott governments so-called safeguard mechanism and will wipe out most of the emission reductions the government intends to buy from other sectors, according to new analysis which brands the Coalition policy untenable.
The environment minister, Greg Hunt, says the safeguard mechanism to be imposed on 150 big emitters and announced in detail later this month...