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Will dumping Australia’s climate-savvy prime minister help the climate?
Posted by Grist: John Upton on June 28th, 2013
Grist: In terms of climate policy, Australians face a choice between fairly good and downright evil in an upcoming federal election.
The face of evil belongs to climate skeptic Tony Abbott, leader of the opposition Liberal Party (which, in topsy-turvy Down Under fashion, is in fact conservative).
And the face of relative good is ... in some disarray at the moment. Power brokers in the Labor Party, which narrowly holds power in the country, this week stripped the prime ministership away from Julia...
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Dumping the carbon tax: easier said than done
Posted by Guardian: Lenore Taylor on June 28th, 2013
Guardian: "Dumping" the carbon tax – the fixed price period of Australia's carbon pricing scheme – makes for a handy headline. But it would be much harder for a Rudd government to actually do.
That's why the Gillard government didn't do it some time back when cabinet examined this option in detail.
To start with, it would require legislation, which can't happen before the election since the parliament has risen and which the Greens leader, Senator Christine Milne – alive for an opportunity for pre-election...