20 January 10 - 14:14Australia opposition opens election fight on climate
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's conservative opposition has opened its campaign for this year's elections, targeting the environment as a key battleground in its attempt to stop Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gaining a second term.
But while new conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott released a series of green initiatives, he stopped short of announcing a key climate change policy -- prompting one environment group on Friday to accuse him of "cheap political opportunism".
Abbott is seen by many voters as a climate change skeptic after becoming opposition leader last December on the back of opposing the government's climate change policy of a carbon emissions trading scheme.
"Australia should be a good international citizen and play our part in any effective international campaign to reduce the risk of man-made climate change," Abbott said late on Thursday, kicking of a series of speeches he hopes will dent strong support for Rudd's Labor government ahead of expected polls ...
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05 November 09 - 18:06Politics of Global
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31 July 09 - 10:34The popularity of politicians in Australia
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31 July 09 - 10:30Politics events
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31 July 09 - 10:27Political parties and Australian politics
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31 July 09 - 10:13Politics of Australia
The Politics of Australia take place within the framework of parliamentary democracy. Australia is a federation and a constitutional monarchy, and Australians elect state and territory legislatures based on the Westminster tradition, as well as a bicameral Parliament of Australia, which is a hybrid of Westminster practices with the uniquely federalist element of the Australian Senate.
The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia consists of two chambers:
The House of Representatives has 150 members, elected for a three year term in single-seat constituencies with a system of alternative vote known as full preferential voting.
The Senate has 76 members, elected through a preferential system in 12-seat state constituencies and two-seat territorial constituencies with a system of single transferable vote. Electors choose territorial senators for a three-year term. The state senators serve for a six-year term, with half of the seats renewed every three years. ...
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