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Australia's Climate Wars Are Over, but Chris Bowen Is Proposing Big Changes to That
Australia already has a cap and trade system, but Chris Bowen is proposing big changes to that. The legislation came out of a key moment in the decade we've had of ugly climate wars. Abbott railed against both Kevin Rudd's CPRS and Julia Gillard's price on carbon. It was his much more watered-down attempt at some kind of emissions reduction policy. Now, the Albanese government wants to amend the legislation, bringing the safeguard in line with new reduction targets.
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