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Brent Crude Oil $ 61.71 / bbl 0.77%

Palladium $ 1721.5 / ozt 1.68%

Crude Oil $ 58.39 / bbl 1.00%

Natural Gas $ 4.133 / Btu 4.71%

Silver Futures $ 75.7 / ozt 5.60%

Aluminum Futures $ 2959.25 / ton 0.66%

Micro Gold Futures $ 4399.9 / ozt 1.15%

Micro Silver Futures $ 75.715 / ozt 5.59%

Platinum $ 2250.6 / ozt 4.75%

Gold Futures $ 4399.1 / ozt 1.12%

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Carbon pricing policy a small start to tackling climate change

Sydney Indymedia | July 11, 2011 | 8:08 pm Europe

On Sunday the Gillard Federal Government announced it’s carbon tax at $23 a tonne of carbon to be imposed on the 500 largest carbon polluting companies starting from July 1st, 2012. More than half the money raised will be returned to low and middle