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It won’t be easy to knock off the carbon tax

Tony Abbott may be determined to kill the carbon price scheme, but it’s a good bet that the system will beat him. [3 July 2012 | Peter Boyer] It took scores of deaths at sea to make it happen, but … Continue reading

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So we have a carbon tax. What happens now?

The passing of the carbon pricing legislation was a history-making event, but it is just the start of a long journey. [15 November 2011 | Peter Boyer] “Today we have made history,” Julia Gillard told a packed news conference in … Continue reading

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At last, something seems to be happening

The carbon pricing regime will be the start of a long road toward a much-needed paradigm shift for Australia [26 July 2011 | Peter Boyer] Should the Gillard government’s “Clean Energy Future” scheme become law in coming months, one of … Continue reading

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