Carbon price set at $23 a tonne

THE main points of the carbon plan released by Julia Gillard a short time age are:

Carbon price: $23 a tonne, rising at 2.5 per cent for three years.

Start date: July 1 2012.

ETS transition: ETS due to start on July 1 2015.

Impact: Around 500 businesses will be directly impacted.

Fuel: Aviation, domestic shipping and rail transport are covered. Household transport fuels are excluded.

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