Read all about it...in the Straits Times!

British PM praises Australia's carbon plan

 
British Prime Minister David Cameron (above) has written to Australian leader Julia Gillard in support of her planned tax on carbon to combat climate change, describing it as a 'bold step', a report said. The Sun-Herald reported that the Conservative leader had told Ms Gillard the policy would 'add momentum to those, in both the developed and developing world, who are serious about dealing with this urgent threat'. 'I was delighted to hear of the ambitious package of climate change policy measures you announced on July 10 and wanted to congratulate you on taking this bold step,' he wrote, the paper said on Sunday. Ms Gillard's plan to impose a tax on the nation's 500 biggest carbon polluters to cut down on harmful emissions has proven divisive in Australia. While Canberra says the tax will help slow global warming and save natural treasures such as the Great Barrier Reef, critics say it will make not change global emissions but hurt industry, cost jobs and increase the cost of living. -- AFP