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Australia dumps unpopular carbon tax

Australia's government has moved to scrap its carbon tax and bring forward an emissions trading scheme a year earlier than planned.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Tuesday that he wanted the fixed price on carbon emissions to end on June 30, 2014.

"The government has decided to terminate the carbon tax to help cost of living pressures for families and to reduce costs for small businesses," he said.