The Federal Government will not outline how household budgets would be affected
if it were to raise its emissions reduction targets from the current 5 per
cent. But Climate Change Minister Penny Wong has defended the amount of
information she has released on the
Penny Wong says she can guarantee Australians would be compensated for any
increase in costs from the ETS. (AAP: Alan Porritt) Video: Penny Wong compares
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The Coalition's climate change plan would cost taxpayers $27 billion to achieve
the same cuts as the Government's emissions trading scheme (ETS), Prime
Minister Kevin Rudd says. The Government has released departmental advice which
says the Coalition's plan, which would cost $10
The Coalition's plan is based on an emissions reduction fund which provides
incentives to businesses to cut their emissions. But a Climate Change
Department briefing concludes that the fund would result in emissions rising 13
per cent by 2020. Assistant Climate Change Minister Greg
The Federal Government will not outline how household budgets would be affected
if it were to raise its emissions reduction targets from the current 5 per
cent. But Climate Change Minister Penny Wong has defended the amount of
information she has released on the
