Fed: ETS legislation faces certain defeat

AAP General News (Australia)
08-13-2009
Fed: ETS legislation faces certain defeat

The federal government's emissions trading scheme legislation faces certain defeat
when it's voted on in the Senate today.

The ETS would put a price on carbon pollution from 2011 and is a major part of the
government's plan for tackling climate change.

But Coalition .. Green and crossbench senators are set to vote down the scheme today
after days of heated debate in the upper house.

It's likely the government will put the ETS to the parliament again in November ..

when the coalition will try to negotiate changes.

Opposition Leader MALCOLM TURNBULL says if the government tries to get the ETS through
parliament a second time .. the coalition would propose amendments.

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