155. New Zealands emissions for 2008 were estimated to be 22.8 per cent above its 1990 level, excluding LULUCF [land use, land-use change and forestry], and 62.5 per cent above its 1990 level with LULUCF. Emission increases were driven by strong population and economic growth, in particularly an increase in the number of animals and their productivity in the agriculture sector and an increase in a number of cars. These factors outweighed by far the modest improvements in the efficiency of energy use in the residential and industrial sectors and resulting emission reductions.

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TONY EASTLEY: Business groups will have another opportunity to lobby the Federal Government over its carbon tax today when another round of consultations are held in Canberra.

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BHP Billiton plans to defy uncertainty over a carbon price and the imposition of a mining tax to pursue a $48 billion expansion of its iron ore operations – one of the biggest resources projects in the nation’s history.

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BREAD, tissues and sugar are among the common grocery items expected to face the biggest price pressures under a carbon tax, the grocery industry’s lobby group has warned.

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A contingent of food and grocery manufacturers have appealed to Prime Minister Julia Gillard to ensure the Governments carbon tax does not hinder an already struggling sector.

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has promised the carbon price will create more jobs, as industry leaders and unions stepped up concerns mining and manufacturing positions will be lost.

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(Reuters) – Opposition to Australia’s planned carbon tax is swelling with almost 60 percent of voters against the plan and major food retailers, miners, energy and agriculture firms writing to the prime minister criticising the tax.

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In a letter to the Prime Minister, an unprecedented coalition of 39 diverse companies said effective action to tackle climate change required comprehensive and sustained “global effort”.

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FOOD companies including Nestle and Goodman Fielder have warned the Federal Government a carbon tax will hurt everyone’s standard of living.

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WAYNE Swan and Greg Combet worked today to take the carbon pricing debate off the boil, urging critics of the government’s plans to hold their fire until the final design is revealed.

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April 17 (Bloomberg) — Australia needs to forge ahead with a carbon tax to protect its prosperity, Treasurer Wayne Swan said as labor unions threatened to oppose the governments plan over concerns it will cost jobs.

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Innovation in carbon reduction technology has been recognised at the Western Australian Information Technology and Telecommunications Awards (WAITTAs) this week, with Greensense taking home the award for best product.

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Last weekend senior members of the Canberra press gallery found themselves on a helicopter tour over the West Australian coast. Not a politician was in sight, just the nation’s vast bounty of offshore gas. Later, in Perth, they had a briefing from Don Voelte, head of gas and petroleum giant Woodside.

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Another big union has backed concerns about protecting jobs under the federal government’s proposed carbon tax but stressed its support for climate action.

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MARK COLVIN: One of Australia’s biggest trade unions has sent a clear warning to the Federal Government about its proposed carbon tax.

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(Reuters) – New Zealand carbon prices drifted lower over the previous week, pressured by a weaker exchange rate and faltering prices for U.N. carbon offsets.

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CANBERRA, April 15 (Reuters) – Australia’s powerful union movement threatened on Friday to withdraw support for a planned carbon tax unless the government ensured that no jobs would be lost under the scheme.

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PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has played down Tony Windsor’s claim that her government doesn’t have the numbers to pass its carbon tax.

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The Territory should be given a 50 year exemption from the proposed carbon emissions tax, a Territory politician says.

Country Liberals backbencher David Tollner said the Territory Government needed to start lobbying Canberra for the exemption

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ONE of the independents Julia Gillard will rely on to get her carbon tax across the line has warned it may never become a reality.

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Tony Abbott says the government’s promised compensation for carbon price taxes can’t be trusted, while Treasury Spokesman Joe Hockey suspects it is a ploy to redistribute wealth.

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A SYDNEY school thought to have become the first in the world to go ”carbon neutral” by saving a Malaysian rainforest from logging appears to have been deceived by carbon offset company shift2neutral.

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The Australian Government is promising millions of people will be better off under its carbon tax plan.

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THE federal government will fight back today against the scare campaign over a carbon price by promising that compensation payments will be permanent and that millions of low-income households will actually be better off.

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Tax cuts, pension increases and bigger welfare payments will be used to compensate households for a higher cost of living under the Gillard Government’s carbon tax.

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