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Carbon Sunday: Who said what As the Federal Government begins selling its carbon pricing scheme, read a snapshot of views from political, industry and environmental perspectives, as well as a round-up of what the columnists are saying. Gillard begins carbon tax sell The Government is beginning to sell its carbon tax to Australian industry and households after yesterday announcing details of the controversial scheme. Car catapults Tour rider into barbed-wire fence Tour de France riders were furious after two of their number were injured in a crash involving a television car on Sunday's ninth stage. Retailers run ruler over carbon tax figures Prices will rise under the Federal Government's carbon tax and retailers are now working out the size of those increases. Murdoch arrives in London to face UK crisis Media baron Rupert Murdoch flew into London on Sunday to tackle a phone-hacking scandal that has sent tremors through the British political establishment and may cost him a multi-billion dollar broadcasting deal.
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Carbon price plan: a lucrative affair Well, here we are. Tangling, at last with the greatest moral challenge of our generation. 'There have been a few false starts,' conceded the Prime Minister as she presented her scheme yesterday; a rather understated reference to the athletic bipartisan philosophical Karma Sutra that has characterised Australian politics' attempt to come to grips with this problem in the last four years. But we're moving forward now, and the Prime Minister gave a commanding performance yesterday as she outlined - finally - her Government's plan for meeting this impending environmental and economic crisis. Carbon tax for the price of a broken promise Australia's latest, and probably its last, climate change scheme is the child of a marriage between unstoppable bureaucratic momentum and political desperation. A policy failure on three fronts... and counting When evaluating policy, there are three important questions to consider. Will the policy work? Will there be perverse outcomes? Will it benefit consumers? The carbon tax fails all three tests. Low and slow: what's the point? Better to feel you are doing good rather than actually do good, seems to be the message with the Government's carbon tax. A tax and welfare package as much as an environmental plan After labouring for months, the Multi-Party Climate Change Committee has brought forth a tax and welfare package as much as an environmental policy. With significant implications for the welfare sector, and tax cuts for everyone earning up to $80,000 a year, in the short term the carbon tax may not be the most important effect of the governmentÂ's plan. Politically, as Tony Abbott was quick to point out this afternoon, the government may suffer the Â"death of a thousand cameosÂ" as individual case studies come to light. The battle has at last begun.
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Japan whaling forum warned against sympathy vote Conservation groups are urging all nations to ignore Japan's appeal to resume small-scale commercial whaling off its coast. Two dead in Colombian rebel attacks Colombian rebels shot dead two policemen in one attack and wounded two soldiers with a horse laden with explosives in another on Sunday as Bogota vowed to beef up security in a violence-hit south-western state. US holds back millions in Pakistan aid The White House has confirmed it is holding back $US800 million in aid to Pakistan's military, citing a "difficult and complicated" relationship.
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Atlantis docks at space station for last time The space shuttle Atlantis has docked at the International Space Station for the last time, and astronauts will now spend a week unloading a year's worth of supplies. Atlantis prepares to dock with space station The crew of Atlantis is preparing to link up with the International Space Station as part of the final mission of the US space shuttle program. Taskforce to tackle hendra virus outbreak New South Wales and Queensland will work together to investigate and respond to the hendra virus following a recent spate of cases across both states.
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Irwin praises Cougar plant shutdown Environmental campaigner Bob Irwin has applauded a Queensland Government decision to shut down an underground coal gasification (UCG) project in the state's South Burnett region. Power station calls carbon tax plan 'very disturbing' The owner of the Hazelwood power station, in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, has described the Government's carbon tax plan as very disturbing. Carbon tax to be 'major cost' to QAL A shareholder in a central Queensland aluminium refinery says it has major concerns about the impact of the Federal Government's carbon tax plan.
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