Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2009
Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news

SYDNEY, Dec 2 AAP - Main stories in today's 0745 ABC news:

- The government is expected to have a double dissolution trigger on Wednesday when
the senate votes down its emissions trading scheme.

- Assistant Climate Change Minister Greg Combet is appealing to Liberal senators to
cross the floor and vote for the emissions trading scheme.

- Greens senator Christine Milne says the government's scheme should be defeated but
it shouldn't trigger an early election.

- Nathan Fabian, CEO of The Investor Group on Climate Change, says the group wanted
an emissions trading scheme in place before Copenhagen.

- Britain's leading climate change economist Nicholas Stern has labelled climate change
skeptics as muddled and confused.

- The head of Australia's nuclear science body says the likely defeat of the emissions
trading scheme will put nuclear power back on the agenda.

- New federal opposition leader Tony Abbott is expected to announce his new frontbench
early next week.

- NSW opposition leader Barry O'Farrell says he hopes the federal Liberal party can
now put past divisions behind them.

- The NSW government has agreed to join a national industrial relations scheme with
the legislation passed through parliament on Tuesday night.

- Police say they have shut down a large drug and fire arm syndicate, operating in
the Illawarra area.

- Australian boxer Danny Green will attempt to defend his IBO cruiserweight world title
belt when he fights American Roy Jones Jr on Wednesday night.

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