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Australia introduces controversial carbon tax [View all]
Source: BBC News
Australia has introduced its highly controversial carbon tax, after years of bitter political wrangling.
The law forces the country's 500 worst-polluting firms to pay a AU$23 (£15; $24) levy for every tonne of greenhouse gases they produce.
The government says the tax is needed to meet climate-change obligations of Australia - the highest emitter per-head in the developed world.
But the opposition calls it a "toxic tax", which will cost jobs.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18662560
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