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12-02-2009 07:23 AM |
Australia Rejects Carbon Tax Scheme
The Australian Senate rejected their version of "cap and trade" carbon taxes after the the leader of the opposition Liberals was replaced for his support of the measure. It is nice to see our freinds down under displaying some common sense. Let us hope that this is the beginning of the end of the worldwide "global warming" tax swindle. :thumbsup
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Australia's carbon-trading legislation fails
Australia's Senate on Wednesday defeated the government's plan to implement a carbon pollution trading system to fight global warming, dashing hopes of setting an example for other nations at U.N. climate change talks next week.
The scuttled proposal would have placed Australia alongside the European Union and a handful of other places that have or are considering "cap-and-trade" systems to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and burnished Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's international reputation as a leader on the issue.
Instead, Rudd, a man who basked in a burst of applause from delegates at a U.N. conference two years ago for ending Australia's holdout status on the Kyoto Protocol, will attend the next one ? in Copenhagen starting Monday ? with a big setback on his hands.....
Wednesday's vote followed a tumultuous two-week debate, during which the main opposition party, the conservative Liberals, at first agreed to support a version of the government's bill, then on Tuesday dramatically dumped its leader and switched sides after bitter divisions erupted within the party.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...HBgJwD9CB6MIO2
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