04 February 2010
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The news overnight that the United States is unlikely to adopt an emissions trading scheme is proof that the Rudd Government’s emission trading scheme (ETS) is now dead in the water.Prime Minister Rudd has failed today to tell the House the news that President Obama is considering a process of an incentives-based approach.An approach in the ...
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02 February 2010
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Last week Senator Wong tried to deceive the public with the selective release of dodgy modelling of a fabricated Coalition policy. Then on Friday the Government had a second go which was dismissed without even being reported.When we released our Direct Action Plan yesterday we warned they would try again - and today Senator Wong has produced ...
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02 February 2010
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A Coalition Government will take direct action to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by five percent by 2020.
This can be achieved without Kevin Rudd’s great big tax on everything that will increase the costs of living for Australian families, penalise Australian businesses and destroy jobs. The Coalition’s climate action policy provides ...
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02 February 2010
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TRANSCRIPT OF THE HON. TONY ABBOTT MHR JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE HON. GREG HUNT MHRAND WARREN TRUSS MHR, LEADER OF THE NATIONALS PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRASubjects: The Coalition’s direct action on climate change and the environment policy.E&OE……………………….………………………………………………………………………………..TONY ABBOTT:Thanks everyone for coming along today. It’s ...
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29 January 2010
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The Rudd Labor Government is turning a blind eye to whaling and reneging on their election promise to send a ship to monitor Japanese whaling.
Today they announced that Australia will send a whale research vessel to the Southern Ocean which along with a customs vessel on routine patrol means there will be two vessels in the Southern Ocean but ...
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27 January 2010
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They have used departmental resources to trump up and cost a policy they haven’t seen, yet they won’t release their own costings for a go-it-alone emissions trading scheme (ETS) or the Morgan Stanley report into the impact of the ETS on electricity costs and electricity security.Australians have a right to know how Mr Rudd’s ETS will impact on ...
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