Carbon deal still a long way off: Greens
The Age
Non-government members of the multi-party climate change committee have rejected reports the major players are close to reaching agreement on a carbon tax. "The reports that we're on the verge of being there are wrong," Australian Greens leader Bob Brown told reporters in Canberra on Wednesday. "We have very real hurdles in the negotiation process."
Both Senator Brown and Independent MP Tony Windsor said the committee might not even reach agreement. "There is no deal at the moment," Mr Windsor said, adding "a deal or no deal" was still weeks away. Senator Brown said he had a brief conversation with Prime Minister Julia Gillard earlier on Wednesday. There were still "considerable gaps" between the Greens and Labor and it was possible there would be no outcome at all, he said.
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