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Cabinet agrees to extend coal comp, but government tight lipped

The coal industry is expected to receive $1.5 b compensation for the ETS scheme. However, the government is still keeping quiet about probable job losses.

Wanted — one agenda for Federal Government.

Judging by Wayne Swan’s performance yesterday, he was so flabbergasted by what the international financial crisis has done to his budget that he’d become thoroughly disorientated, writes Bernard Keane.