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Europe’s top diplomat in Canberra has left the door open to the EU joining Australia’s claim against China at the World Trade Organisation.

EU to Slap Carbon Tax on Australian Exports The United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) may soon hit Australian exports with carbon tax policies designed to compel European trading partners to reduce emissions. On March 10, Members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution to support a carbon tax, otherwise called the “carbon border adjustment mechanism” (CBAM). Details are to be presented to parliament in June at the earliest and is expected to cover the power sector and energy-intensive industrial sectors, like cement, steel, aluminium, and more. The EU Parliament said the tax�...

The EU has long sought to impose its carbon dioxide abatement policies on the rest of the world. A major setback to this was the Copenhagen climate summit in 2009 where Kevin Rudd sought to play a major role. Clearly operating under the EU Commission's strategy, the European Ambassador in Canberra Australia, Michael Pulch, has been making increasingly aggressive threats to Australian market access. He now says we will face tariffs unless we further lift the penalties we place on the use of the low cost, high CO2 emitting coal that accounts for two-thirds of our electricity generation. In rece...

On Monday, Australia received its first delivery of Covid-19 vaccines and is gearing up to begin the mammoth task of immunising every willing adult in the country. This will be the largest single vaccination program in Australia’s history and many still have questions about how the process will work and, most importantly, when they can expect to get the jab. Here is what we know so far. Who will get this first delivery of vaccines and when? On...

Australians are a step closer to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine after a key concern overseas was allayed.