Australia seals climate change legislation

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Updated November 24, 2009 18:32:12

The Australian government has sealed a political deal which it hopes will get its long-delayed climate change legislation through Parliament. The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says its action in the national interest, to begin protecting Australia from climate change, while protecting Australia's economy and jobs. After five weeks of negotiations, Canberra has agreed to give Billions more dollars in compensation to the country's biggest polluters, mainly the coal and electricity industries, in exchange for decisive Opposition votes in the Senate. Green activists are horrified though, saying the government's deliberately turned its back on the developing world and future generations.

Presenter: Canberra Correspondent, Linda Mottram
Speaker: Australia's Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd: Australian Greens Senator, Christine Milne; Australia's Climate Change Minister, Penny Wong

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