Australia: Carbon price ‘to cost poor $1000pa’
Australia: Carbon price ‘to cost poor $1000pa’
AAP: THE introduction of an emissions trading scheme (ETS) in two years could cost poor households up to $1300 a year, mainly through higher fuel costs, a report says. The research released today by the Brotherhood of St Laurence found a price on carbon would add an average $938 a year to low-income households in Victoria, or $18 a week. Assuming a carbon price of $35 a tonne and no government benefits or changed behaviour, poor rural residents would be hardest hit, with household …
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