Carbon tax passes Senate, pricing concerns remain

The Australian Senate has passed the Clean Energy Future legislative package, starting the countdown to the 1 July 2012 launch of a carbon pricing regime. But while businesses have short term certainty with the package's passage, they will still have longer term uncertainty in the transition between the fixed price model and the start of the full, market-based trading system in 2015.

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Read more: Australiacarbon pricingSenateClean Energy Futurecarbon taxClayton UtzErnst and YoungJulia GillardMathew Nelsonparliament