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Governments around the world should introduce carbon taxes now, and reap the double benefits of cutting greenhouse gases and increasing revenues, according to IMF chief Christine Lagarde.

​Industry lobby group Manufacturing Australia has cautioned against Australia setting ambitious long-term greenhouse emission reduction targets.

​The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said it is “chasing up” Boral’s failure to pass on savings from the carbon tax repeal.

Sage Business Solutions Managing Director Mike Lorge explains the implications of the recent repeal of carbon tax for Australia’s manufacturers.

Business groups have welcomed the scrapping of the carbon tax, however the effects of the decision which finally passed the senate yesterday will be mixed.

Michelle Grattan discusses the Government’s victory on the carbon tax, how it happened, and what it may mean for Abbott’s future.

Businesses in the local chemistry industry headed into the 2014-15 financial year uncertain of whether they would face a $25.40 price on carbon.

Businesses in the local chemistry industry headed into the 2014-15 financial year uncertain of whether they would face a $25.40 price on carbon.

​Business has expressed frustration concerning uncertainty around climate policy as the Senate prepares to pass laws repealing the carbon tax today.

The overall Performance of Manufacturing Index was down slightly in June, falling 0.3 points to 48.9.

​Meat processor Teys Australia has urged the new Senate to allow the federal government to fulfill its election pledge to repeal the carbon tax.

​The peak lobby group for the country’s aluminium industry has argued that Parliament should do away with the carbon tax and renewable energy subsidies.

Federal MP Clive Palmer has called the Direct Action climate change policy a “token gesture” and said he could vote against budget bills to block it.

With the knock back of the carbon tax repeal, things look to get messy for industry.

The federal government’s first attempt to repeal the carbon tax, a major part of its election campaign last year, has been blocked in the Senate.

Treasurer Joe Hockey has pointed to the views of four major industry groups and said that business wants the carbon tax to be repealed.

The carbon tax has not been given by Alcoa as a reason it chose to close down its Point Henry aluminium smelter.

Former Manufacturing Australia executive chairman Dick Warburton is heading a panel to review the current renewable energy target for 2020.

Labor is standing by its decision to vote against the carbon tax repeal despite threats from Prime Minister Abbott to keep MPs in Canberra for Christmas.