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Politics latest: Rio Tinto wants price on carbon, more taxpayer funding to meet renewables target

Rio Tinto is backing a price on carbon and more taxpayer funds to be poured into meeting Labor’s contentious 82 per cent renewables target, ahead of the Albanese government’s reform roundtable.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses business leaders at a high-level meeting in Shanghai, alongside Australian mining executives BHP President Australia Geraldine Slattery, Fortescue chairman Dr Andrew Forrest, Hancock Iron Ore CEO Gerhard Veldsman and Rio Tinto CEO Australia Kellie Parker.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses business leaders at a high-level meeting in Shanghai, alongside Australian mining executives BHP President Australia Geraldine Slattery, Fortescue chairman Dr Andrew Forrest, Hancock Iron Ore CEO Gerhard Veldsman and Rio Tinto CEO Australia Kellie Parker.

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