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Politics
Maeve Bannister and Andrew Brown

Climate change bills pass lower house

Anthony Albanese has welcomed the passing through the lower house of new carbon emissions targets. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

New laws to raise Australia's carbon emissions cut targets have cleared their first hurdle after passing the federal parliament's lower house.

Liberal MP Bridget Archer was the only opposition member to vote with the government to pass the laws 89 votes to 55.

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