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Australia Govn't Budget Boost Could Help Controversial Coal Projects
2015-05-15 15:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Coal projects in the Galilee Basin and on the door step of the Great Barrier Reef could receive government financing under a $5 billion loan scheme in the federal budget. But companies would have to demonstrate their projects would not be commercially viable without government funding to be eligible, the Abbott government has said. Tuesday's budget included a new concessional loans scheme of up to $5 billion for infrastructure projects to encourage the private sector to invest in northern Australia....
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Australia budget taxes backpackers
2015-05-13 10:07:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Budget changes to Australia's working holiday rules are not as bad as they seem but risk scaring away backpackers, say experts.
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Australia to halve budget deficit
2014-05-13 13:24:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Australia's government aims to nearly halve its budget deficit through tough spending cuts and tax increases.
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Australia: Tony Abbott's Budget Cuts on Research a Declaration of War on Science
2014-04-17 03:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: Australia's scientists have found one common enemy in the person of Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Since Mr Abbott won the September 2013 election, some of the country's brilliant researchers have complained that their funding has been cut. The scientists claim their "expertise" is constantly overlooked in favour of deniers and skeptics. The scientific community in Australia is speaking out to express their fears as the Abbott government's first annual budget will have more cuts for research in world-class...
May's top stories: HS2 opens consultation, Australia announces rail budget
2013-06-03 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The UK opened its first-phase High-Speed 2 plans to public consultation in May, while Australia announced its transport budget for 2013-14. Meanwhile, work started on the reconstruction of the Red Line South in Chicago, and was completed on the first
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