Airlines urge U.N. deal to avert carbon trade war - AlertNet

SINGAPORE, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Global airlines called on Sunday for a U.N.-brokered deal to prevent a row over aviation emissions between China and the European Union spilling into a damaging trade war.

Carbon tax a spin windfall | thetelegraph.com.au

THE Department of Climate Change - in charge of overseeing the controversial carbon tax - is undertaking an expensive branding exercise.

The bill for a Canberra advertising firm to undertake "brand and identity provision" has soared from $41,167 to $200,000 within months. With branding work for the department to continue until June, the opposition yesterday questioned why the department needed such services from an advertising company.

The company is expected to produce graphic designs as part of its branding work but a spokesman for Climate Change Minister Greg Combet was unable to access information yesterday as the department was closed.