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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Katharine Murphy and Daniel Hurst

Businesses lobby for carbon tariffs as Labor says Australia is ‘back in the game’ on climate

Chris Bowen and Jim Chalmers in 2019
Chris Bowen (left) and Jim Chalmers in 2019. Labor says businesses are now pressing for version of carbon tarrifs as Australia prepares for climate action. Photograph: Rohan Thomson/AAP

The Albanese government has left open the possibility that Australia could introduce carbon tariffs as part of a suite of climate policies to help the global shift to net zero emissions by 2050.

The former Morrison government railed against Europe’s proposal for a carbon border adjustment scheme, calling it “just a new form of protectionism that will undermine global free trade and impact Australian exporters and jobs”.

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