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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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Environmental groups to Kevin Rudd: don't undermine green safeguards
2013-07-03 10:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Environment groups claiming 1.5 million supporters have written to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd demanding he reject a push by business leaders and state governments to wind back federal environmental laws. The Business Council of Australia and NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell have sought to use the change of prime minister to resurrect their campaign for the federal government to hand over environmental approval processes to the states in the interests of cutting "greentape". But Australian Conservation...
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Australian Voters Prefer Rudd to Abbott as Leader, Poll Shows
2013-06-30 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Kevin Rudd took the lead as Australias preferred prime minister in the first polls since he ousted Julia Gillard, as his Labor party narrowed the gap against the opposition ahead of this years election. A Newspoll published in The Australian newspaper shows Rudd, who will name his Cabinet team today, leads Liberal-National leader Tony Abbott as preferred leader 49 percent to 35 percent. Labor is trailing the coalition by two percentage points on a two-party preferred basis, from 14 points a...
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Rudd Overtakes Abbott as Australian Voters Pick, Poll Shows
2013-06-29 20:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Kevin Rudd overtook opposition leader Tony Abbott as Australias preferred prime minister ahead of an election scheduled Sept. 14, according to a national poll of voters. Rudd is the preferred choice for prime minister by 51 percent of voters compared with 34 percent for Abbott, according to a Galaxy poll of 1,002 voters. Support for Labor increased as much as 10 percent in Sydney and Melbourne suburbs including Blaxland and Maribyrnong, according to a separate ReachTEL poll conducted June 27....
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Kevin Rudd to unveil new ministry as he looks to change on carbon pricing
2013-06-28 03:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Kevin Rudd is set to announce a new ministry and possibly also changes to carbon pricing policy as he races to renew Labor's image before the election. The ministerial reshuffle - plugging the gaps caused by six ministerial resignations after the leadership change - could be announced on Friday and the new line-up will meet Monday to consider changes to key policies. With the legislation setting up Julia Gillard's new needs-based education funding scheme passing parliament on the day she was...
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