Australia Climate Plan Has ‘Backfired’ on PM, Lawmaker Says
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s mishandling of a push for climate change laws may prevent her from actually submitting the legislation to parliament, independent lawmaker Tony Windsor said.
Gillard’s support fell to a record low in a Newspoll published in the Australian newspaper yesterday as voters rejected her plans to tackle climate change. The government wants to introduce a carbon price next year before moving to emissions trading as early as 2015.