Abbott Gathers Support to Scrap Carbon Pricing, Mining Tax

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will get enough support from minor parties to pass legislation repealing the country’s carbon-price mechanism and mining-profits tax, the Australian newspaper reported.

To deliver election pledges to scrap the charges enacted by the previous Labor government, Abbott needs the support of at least six senators outside his Liberal-National coalition. Three legislators from the Palmer United Party and three others from minor parties will vote with the coalition to repeal the levies in Australia’s Senate, the paper reported today.