Abbott Faces Senate Carbon Test After Australia Election Victory
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Tony Abbott will be forced to negotiate with minor parties in the Senate as he seeks to scrap carbon pricing and a mining tax, after his coalition won the biggest parliamentary majority since at least 2004 in Australia’s election.
The “incoming government will be getting down to business,” Abbott, 55, told reporters yesterday after returning home from an early morning cycle ride in Sydney. “I’ll be working on building a better future for a greater country.”