Rudd’s ruling Labor Party has amassed a team of more than 150 people and an annual budget of A$57m ($52.8m) dedicated to the ETS. But with the Senate having already rejected the scheme twice, and Rudd hesitant to call a snap general election, the decision has been made to redirect the “phantom team” to other projects.
The ETS team will temporarily focus on damage control for the country’s disastrous solar hot-water and home insulation programme, which has been linked to more than 120 house fires and four deaths in its short life.
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