Unseasonable weather devastates Erie-area cherry crop | GoErie.com/Erie Times-News

The frosts destroyed 70 to 100 percent of cherry crops for local farms, Andy Muza, fruit crop agent with the Erie County Cooperative Extension, said.

Abbott plans carbon tax tour

In an address to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, Mr Abbott reaffirmed that a coalition government would scrap the carbon tax, and would not hesitate to call a double dissolution election if thwarted in the Senate.