Australia's opposition unveiled a rival carbon reduction plan on Tuesday to compete with the government's proposed emissions trade scheme, already rejected twice and presented a third time to parliament.
Here are the main points of both the government and conservative schemes, which voters may decide on during elections due later this year:
GOVERNMENT
* Carbon trading to start in July 2011. About 1,000 of Australia's biggest polluting companies to buy carbon permits, covering 75 percent of national emissions.
* An unconditional emissions cut of 5 percent by 2020, based on 2000 levels. The "cap-and-trade" scheme requires polluters to buy a permit for every tonne of carbon they produce.
* A flat carbon fee of A$10-a-tonne ($9) on start-up. Full auctioning and trading of permits to start from 2012. The government estimates a carbon price of A$26 a tonne in 2012-13.
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