Finding the best ways for spending carbon tax hikes will help sell the budget

Low-income earners, who are the losers when carbon taxes are increased, will need to be compensated in the budget to win support for climate action, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Finding the best ways for spending carbon tax hikes will help sell the budget

Low-income earners, who are the losers when carbon taxes are increased, will need to be compensated in the budget to win support for climate action, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

The picture of the teenage activist Greta Thunberg scowling at President Donald Trump as he lumbered past her at the UN Headquarters in New York looks set to be one of the most memorable images of a year in which the words climate emergency appeared to take on a new meaning.

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