Tag: carbon tax
Labor Party slams Abbott’s head business advisor over climate change comments
The Labor Party has urged Prime Minister Tony Abbott to order his top business adviser to take back his controversial statement that climate change...
The Government sets out to reduce gas emissions without a carbon tax
The Government has released the Emission Fund Green Paper aimed at reducing the national emissions without having to rely on the multi-billion dollar carbon...
Curtin University announces major breakthrough in red sand research
Curtin University’s Sustainable Engineering Group (SEG) has broken new ground in the area of road construction after its research has demonstrated that red sand...
House of Representatives votes to dump carbon tax
The House of Representatives has voted to abolish the carbon tax, leaving the Abbott government to settle the deal with the Senate in December.
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Abbott introduces carbon tax repeal bill backed by support from industry groups
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has introduced the bill to repeal the carbon tax in the Parliament, marking the first major piece of legislation from...
Australian Industry Group welcomes carbon tax repeal
Australian Industry Group Chief Executive Innes Willox has welcomed the repeal of Carbon Tax but urged the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) to...
Abbott piles pressure on Labor Party to axe carbon tax
Prime Minister Tony Abbot has reportedly called for abolishment of the carbon tax by releasing draft laws in support of his request. Mr. Abbott...
Coalition puts pressure on Labor and minor parties to respect their mandate in dumping...
Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott has already mandated his department to begin working on the legislation to abolish the carbon price.
Following the Coalition’s landslide win...
Survey finds many Australian businesses unable to reduce carbon intensity on first year of...
A survey of about 400 Australian businesses in the manufacturing, services and construction sectors found that 70% of the participants had not reduced their...
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The industrial machinery and heavy equipment manufacturing sector is critical not only for its direct outputs, machines, and equipment that pave the way for construction, agriculture and manufacturing but also for its crucial role in economic development and innovation.
