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Carbon tax will create jobs says Gillard

The Australian | June 14, 2011 | 2:24 pm Energy Australia Coal

As a coal industry study points to up to 14,000 jobs at risk, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says a carbon price will create more jobs in mining. An Australian Coal Association (ACA) survey of 82 black coal mines looking at the impact of a carbon price