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Australian opposition throws gauntlet for climate change election

Xinhua, July 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

Australia's opposition Leader Bill Shorten has challenged Prime Minister Tony Abbott to "bring on" a federal election campaigned around climate change policy.

Shorten made the statement on the first day of the Labor Party' s (ALP) national conference at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on Friday.

The opposition Leader vowed to fight the Abbott government's " flat-earther" climate change mandate and pledged to introduce a 50- percent renewable energy target (RET) in a revised emissions trading scheme.

"Climate change is an economic and environmental cancer and it demands early intervention," Shorten said. Endi