Australia votes to repeal carbon tax (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Australia's Senate has voted to repeal the carbon tax, a levy on the 300 biggest polluters passed by the Labor Party when they were in power in 2011.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott, whose Liberal coalition beat Labor in an election last year, had made the repeal a central aim of his government.

Politicians have been locked in a fierce row about the tax for years.

Labor says it helps to combat climate change, but the Liberals claim it penalises legitimate businesses.
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more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28339663

[Nihil]

1. I propose a "two birds with one stone" solution ...

... to one of their other problems (http://www.democraticunderground.com/112772495) ...

Replace the 32 sensible senators with "one-third of a shipping container" and seal the
building in concrete.



Oh, please make sure that this guy is inside too:



Smug little fucker.

[SkatmanRoth]

2. History will not be kind to PM Abbott

Rising temperatures, sea level and sever drought will change the dynamics of the whole region in 20 years. Abbott will be regarded as the most destructive politician ever in Australia.