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Coalition backs ETS amendments

Sydney : Australia | about 1 month ago  
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Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has won the support of the party room to negotiate a set amendments with the Government to its emissions trading scheme. After a four-and-a-half hour party room meeting in Canberra this afternoon the Coalition agreed to key changes across six areas...
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  • News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 month ago
    The Opposition Leader staked his leadership on the fight he knew he could win. Getting partyroom approval to negotiate pro-business and pro-farming amendments was never going to be that hard from the pro-business, pro-farming Coalition, although the...
  • News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | about 1 month ago
    S leadership is so diminished that it was considered a victory last night when his party gave him permission to talk to the Government. The Opposition members and senators agreed their leader could negotiate with the Rudd Government over its proposed...
  • News Source: The Age | about 1 month ago
    The amendments, which were approved by the Coalition party room last night, are broadly in line with several proposals from business groups, such as the Business Council of Australia (BCA), who have been lobbying the Opposition for several months.
  • News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 month ago
    Mr Turnbull has won the support of the coalition for his plan to negotiate with the government over its emissions trading scheme (ETS). A special party room meeting on Sunday afternoon, which went for over four hours, agreed to a raft of industry-...
  • News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | about 1 month ago
    Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has won the support of the party room to negotiate a set amendments with the Government to its emissions trading scheme. After a four-and-a-half hour party room meeting in Canberra this afternoon the Coalition...
  • News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 month ago
    Coalition MPs have backed amendments to negotiate with the Government on its emissions trading scheme (ETS). The MPs have just emerged from a marathon party room meeting in which Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull detailed the proposed amendments. As...
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    Turnbull wins support for ETS amendments. ABC Online "Tonight we are putting the ball back into Kevin Rudd's court," he said. "Now is the time for the Rudd Government to get real about its emissions trading . ...
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    THE Federal Opposition says it will support a prompt vote on the emissions trading scheme (ETS) if the Government accepts amendments that the coalition is expected to adopt on Sunday. Read more: We'll back amended ETS – Opposition ...
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    Kevin Rudd is willing to commit to an emissions reduction of 5 per cent, whereas Malcolm Turnbull made a dubious proposal for 10 per cent. Neither is good enough — they're not even close. If it is granted that the Liberals were voted out ... the
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