|
SYDNEY: As bushfires rage in Australia, the government will unveil its revised carbon trading laws tomorrow, with a vote expected by the year's final day of Parliament on Thursday.
If the emissions trading scheme (ETS) is rejected by a hostile Senate for a second time, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd would have a trigger for a snap election on climate change.
The carbon trading scheme was a key promise of Mr Rudd's 2007 election campaign and he wants the ETS laws passed before next month's global climate talks in Copenhagen.
For more The Straits Times stories, click here.
| 
