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With the main bridge across the Fitzroy facing a year-long repair job, authorities are looking at alternative ways to supply WA’s north. Follow the day’s news live
Safeguard mechanism will take 205m tonnes of carbon out of atmosphere, Bowen says
The climate change minister, Chris Bowen, yesterday released the government’s plan to revamp the safeguard mechanism, a Coalition policy that was promised to limit emissions from more than 200 industrial facilities, but in practice has failed.
This is a very ambitious package that we announced yesterday.
5% reductions each year is an ambitious step forward, between now and 2030, it will take 205m tonnes of carbon emission out of our atmosphere.
This is a massive operation under way to get essential supplies into that community and its surrounds.
I want to reassure the people in the Kimberley region we are bringing a significant amount of food into the region to ensure we have adequate supplies.
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