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Office Workers Walk Past a Mural of a Drought Scene |
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Office workers walk past a mural of a drought scene in the business district of Melbourne.
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Australia's government was warned on Tuesday against softening a planned emissions trade system expected to hit big corporates and households, with Greens senators saying minor lawmakers could ensure it was still-born. The emissions trade system will begin in 2010 and bring the biggest upheaval to Australia's energy-reliant economy in a generation, with big miners in particular facing rising costs.
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Story by Mick Tsikas |
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Photo by MICK TSIKAS |
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REUTERS NEWS PICTURE SERVICE
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