Climate Change Research Axed in Australia

Going backwards: Critics say the Abbott government's new budget cuts to climate change research and renewable energy has set policy back to the 1990s.

Going backwards: Critics say the Abbott government's new budget cuts to climate change research and renewable energy has set policy back to the 1990s. Photo: Andrew Meares

Australia's climate change action has effectively ground to a halt with the budget revealing big cuts to research and renewable energy, moves that critics say sets policy back to the 1990s.

Budget papers show funds for climate change-related programs will shrink from $5.75 billion in the current fiscal year to $1.25 billion by 2014-15 and to $500 million by 2017-18. The government will spend more on its national blood program than climate change on all but the first of those four years.

Tony Abbott's 'extreme' climate stance sets back policy decades ...

Sydney Morning Herald-by Peter Hannam-May 14, 2014
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The Land Newspaper-May 14, 2014

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Comment by truth on May 17, 2014 at 3:29pm

Australia Strives To Return To Budget Surplus, Mainly Through Spending Cut

The first budget of Australia's newly-elected conservative government is prone to be the tougher in 20 years. According Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, 'it's a budget that puts our government spending on a more sustainable medium to long-term trajectory' and he's 'hopeful that the people of Australia will come with us'.

http://www.actionforex.com/action-insight/special-reports/australia...

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