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Australia climate policy faces uncertainty as Coalition poised for fragile election victory

Published 11:15 on July 8, 2016  /  Last updated at 16:54 on October 8, 2018  / Stian Reklev /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia’s ruling Coalition looks set to maintain power after last weekend’s election, pushing Labor’s proposed double carbon market off the table but leaving the government’s ability to reform climate policy more dependent on internal Liberal party wrangling than the final balance in parliament, according to observers.
Australia’s ruling Coalition looks set to maintain power after last weekend’s election, pushing Labor’s proposed double carbon market off the table but leaving the government’s ability to reform climate policy more dependent on internal Liberal party wrangling than the final balance in parliament, according to observers.


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