The Wire

This afternoon in Canberra, Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd made public the government’s to delay Australia’s carbon reduction scheme until 2011 and the price of carbon will drop. He has said that this is in response to the impact of the global financial crisis, while also promising to bring our reduction target to 25% by 2020. But today’s announcement has prompted furore from activist groups and opposition groups alike, some even dubbing it a cheap political ploy to avoid controversy in the lead up to the 2010 Federal election.