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Greens: ETS something worth swearing about
Monday 16 Nov 09 4:45pm
Revelations that Climate Change Minister Nick Smith's proposed changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme are going to cost taxpayers an extra $105 billion is something really worth swearing about, Dr Russel Norman, Green Party Co- Leader, said today.
"We now know for certain that the Government's changes will cost the taxpayer an additional $105 billion dollars over the existing law, a whopping $24,000 per citizen."
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