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UK school children strike over 'lack of climate change action' | Sky News AustraliaSchool children in the UK have swapped the classroom for the picket line as they strike over the government's perceived lack of action on climate change.\n\nThousands of school children took in strikes in 60 towns and cities across the UK, according to organisers Youth Strike 4 Climate.\n\nDemonstrations have taken place in locations such as Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, Cambridge and Brighton, with pupils also descending on Westminster to call for change.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Education Minister slams climate change campaign targeting students | Sky News AustraliaEducation Minister Dan Tehan has slammed a campaign that encourages children to skip school next month for a climate change protest. \n\nThe event has been linked to the partial taxpayer funded Australian Youth Climate Coalition, according to The Daily Telegraph. \n\nMr Tehan has described the protest as ‘appalling political manipulation’. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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UK school children strike over 'lack of climate change action' | Sky News AustraliaSchool children in the UK have swapped the classroom for the picket line as they strike over the government's perceived lack of action on climate change.\n\nThousands of school children took in strikes in 60 towns and cities across the UK, according to organisers Youth Strike 4 Climate.\n\nDemonstrations have taken place in locations such as Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, Cambridge and Brighton, with pupils also descending on Westminster to call for change.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Labor's negative gearing changes will slow housing market and employment: Master Builders Australia | Sky News AustraliaFULL INTERVIEW: Master Builders CEO Denita Wawn has warned Labor's negative gearing changes will result in a decline in new houses being built.\n\nLabor plans to restrict negative gearing to new homes and reduce capital gains tax concessions if it wins the next federal election, claiming the policy will raise $32 billion over the next decade.\n\nShadow Treasurer Chris Bowen says Labor will deliver on its housing reform agenda even though the property market is falling within many capitol cities.\n\nMs Wawn has told Sky News she believes Labor should rethink its policy.\n\nShe says the policy will not maximise 'affordable housing and affordable rent.'\n\n\n\n
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New modelling reveals Labor's emissions targets could cost economy billions | Sky News AustraliaNew modelling has revealed Labor's 45 per cent emissions reduction target would wipe $472 billion from the Australian economy over the next ten years, while the Coalition's target would cost $70 billion.\n\nThe modelling has also indicated the Opposition's plan would increase electricity prices by 50 per cent and decrease wages by up to $9,000 a year.\n\nThe independent research is currently under peer review in the US and has been authored by Brian Fisher, who served as a chief advisor on climate policy under the Hawke, Keating and Howard governments.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n
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