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CANBERRA, Australia — For so long as I’ve been in Australia, local weather change coverage has stymied governments, resulting in division, inaction and embarrassment, most not too long ago because the nation turned a global laggard eventually yr’s worldwide local weather convention in Copenhagen.
That now stands poised to alter with the decrease home of Parliament passing a invoice this week that may lastly put Australia on a path towards lowering carbon emissions by a big quantity — 43 p.c from 2005 ranges by 2030.
The invoice is predicted to move the Senate subsequent month, after the Labor authorities secured…