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No point complaining about it, Australia will face carbon levies unless it changes course

  • Written by John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland

Reports that Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson is considering calling for carbon border levies at the G7 summit to be held in London in June have produced a predictable reaction from the Australian government.

The levies would impose tariffs on carbon-intensive goods from countries such as Australia that haven’t adopted a carbon...

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