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• "there should be more - equality - in Australia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "with more sustainability - also the resources - and the environment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "more renewable energies - and more climate protection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Aboriginal Australians - have inhabited the island - thousands of years ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the Aboriginal people - have their own culture !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and they should be - supported !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( more than 3% ! )"

 

 

 

 

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• "the Australian government formally apologised - for past wrongs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the island combines a wide variety of landscapes - these include hills - and mountains !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "tropical rainforests - and densely-populated coastal strips !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "with long beaches - and coral reefs - off the shoreline !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Carbon Pricing in Australia - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ CARBON TAX

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• "the carbon pricing scheme - in Australia - commonly called the - "carbon tax"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "is introduced by the - Julia Gillard government - of the social democratic Labor party !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the scheme requires entities - of more than 25,000 tonnes per year - of carbon dioxide !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and are not in the transport - or agriculture sectors !!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to obtain - emissions permits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there are 260 - liable entities !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "approximately 185 discrete companies - pay the carbon tax !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the pricing is part - of a broad energy reform package - called the - "Clean Energy Plan"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - in Australia - by at least 5% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "below 2000 levels - by 2020 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and at least 80% - below 2000 levels - by 2050 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the plan sets out to achieve these targets - by encouraging Australia's companies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to increase energy efficiency - and invest in sustainable energy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the first year the price of a permit - for one tonne of carbon - was fixed at US$ 23 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "then the fixed price - rises to US$ 24.15 - for the financial year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the government announces a transition - to an emissions trading scheme !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "where the available permits - are limited in line - with a cap !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the scheme is primarily applied - to electricity generators - and industrial sectors !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "emissions from sectors - subject to the pricing mechanism - are 7.0% lower !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "of companies - a year after the introduction - of the pricing scheme !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Australia's emissions of carbon dioxide - from electricity generation - fall to a 10-year low !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "with coal generation - down 11% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "before the Australian federal election - the conservative - Liberal party !"

 

 

 

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• "developed a campaign platform - that included removing the carbon tax !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Julia Gillard on the Carbon Tax - ABC News: LINK ¤ ABC NEWS

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• "former Labor Prime Minister - Julia Gillard - says in the interview !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "Australia's carbon pricing - and mining tax !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "are not - over !"

 

 

 

 

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• "they will be - reintroduced !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there has to be a strong - carbon tax !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Ms. Gillard compares the mining - and carbon taxes - with Gough Whitlam's introduction !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "of Medibank - now Medicare - in the 1970s !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "in the 1970s Medibank was contested - by the conservative side of politics !"

 

 

 

 

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• "where the Liberal party claimed it would hurt Australia - and no one would want to be a doctor !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but good reforms - often take more - than one go around !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and they come - back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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