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Wikileaks' WA preferencing decision could give Abbott control of Senate

Posted by on Monday, August 19, 2013, In : Preferencing 
Wikileaks has been courting the climate movement vote with a recently strengthened climate policy (which includes some policies related to phasing out coal but has a puzzling lack of content on leaving gas in the ground). However, their unprincipled decision to preference the WA Nationals ahead of one of Assange's strongest Australian supporters, Greens senator, Scott Ludlam, may possibly deliver the sixth WA Senate place to the Nationals and help Abbott get the majority he needs to wind back...

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Combet says carbon price is here to stay

Posted by Vote Climate on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, In : Carbon price 

Greg Combet at Press Council lunch:

"Carbon pricing is here to stay,'' said Minister for Climate Change Greg Combet today in defiance of Coalition claims Labor should bow to an election mandate. Mr Combet said if Tony Abbott were elected Prime Minister "he cannot and will not repeal the carbon price''. "Labor will remain committed to it,'' he told the National Press Club in Canberra. "Tackling climate change has been in our platform for over two decades, and we will fight for what we believe i...


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Shorten denies rumours that ALP is considering retreat from Carbon price

Posted by Vote Climate on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, In : Carbon price 

Melbourne climate group Lighter Footprints has contacted Bill Shorten and he has written back reassuring the group that the speculation about the ALP backing away from the carbon price, if under pressure from the Coalitions after the election, is unfounded.

Read more from Business Spectator below:

It took nearly two weeks, but Bill Shorten on Thursday finally put to rest rumours on both sides of parliament that he was trying to build support for a Labor backflip on carbon pricing.

The speculat...


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Liberal MPs want rethink on Coalition's climate change plan

Posted by Vote Climate on Saturday, May 11, 2013, In : Direct Action Plan 
Two Liberal MPs want Tony Abbott to review or consider abandoning parts of his $3.2 billion plan to combat climate change in light of ''dire economic circumstances''.

Mal Washer and Dennis Jensen made the comments about the Coalition's Direct Action plan in the same week MPs broke ranks to publicly criticise Mr Abbott's paid parental leave scheme as economically irresponsible.
Western Australian MP Mal Washer said: ''If we are not going to get a big environmental bang for our buck then we ought...
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EU's low carbon price blows back on Australia

Posted by Vote Climate on Saturday, May 11, 2013, In : Emissions Trading Scheme 
The unprecedented collapse in European carbon prices is shattering Australia's budget assumptions just as corporate resistance to the market weakens in the developed world's biggest per capita polluter.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/carbon-economy/eus-carbon-crisis-blows-back-on-australia-20130509-2j8t0.html
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