Canberra Now: News in 90 seconds for Tuesday May 23, 2017

By Daniel Burdon
Updated April 24 2018 - 10:05pm, first published May 23 2017 - 6:50am
Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham has come under fire from the Catholic education sector over planned school funding reforms. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham has come under fire from the Catholic education sector over planned school funding reforms. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The multi-billion dollar cost of meeting climate targets

Greens MP Adam Bandt during question time at Parliament House. He requested a costing of meeting the Paris agreement under the government's current policy. Photo: Andrew Meares Photo: Andrew Meares
Greens MP Adam Bandt during question time at Parliament House. He requested a costing of meeting the Paris agreement under the government's current policy. Photo: Andrew Meares Photo: Andrew Meares

Taxpayers would pay up to $23.6 billion for Australia to meet international climate targets if the Turnbull government were to continue with its "direct action" emissions-reduction fund as its main policy. Adam Morton reports.

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