Parties leap forward on carbon deal

LABOR and the Greens have cut a deal on some of the biggest sticking points in the negotiations over a carbon price, leaving only a few details to work out before an announcement in the next two weeks.
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''I can give you a rolled-gold guarantee that when and if this package - after all this work on behalf of the Australian people - passes this Parliament we will be giving it every guarantee for the future,'' Senator Brown said.

He also conceded the carbon price deal was ''never going to be a Green outcome''. ''But it is nation building and it's essential,'' he said.