The C02 tax component is but one arm of a multi arm octopus that is attempting to strangle the life out of Australia, what do the LNP intend to do with the multitude of other tentacles complete with all their ngo suckers pulsating in anticipation of sucking the $ life blood out of the average person. Imo there will be No real gains in the Agenda battle if TA and LNP do not also ditch the EU-Australia Partnership Framework , adopted at the annual Foreign Ministers’ meeting held in Paris on 29th October 2008 and the update in Stockholm on the 8th October 2009. The EU and Australia are like-minded partners who see increasingly eye-to-eye on key international issues. Relations are founded on strong historical and cultural links. The EU-Australia Partnership Framework , adopted at the annual Foreign Ministers’ meeting held in Paris on 29 October 2008, provides a solid and up-to-date basis for the bilateral relationship in the years to come. The first update to the Partnership Framework , including a review of what has been achieved so far, was adopted at the Foreign Ministers meeting held in Stockholm on 8 October 2009. The Partnership Framework is an action-oriented document emphasising practical cooperation. Although trade remains an important underpinning for the bilateral relationship, the overall political and economic relationship has over the years matured and developed more broadly to focus on global and regional challenges such as environment and climate change, energy, security and counter terrorism, stability in the Asia-Pacific region and cooperation in the WTO. Cooperation and coordination takes place at all levels, including annual Foreign Ministers’ consultations, annual Senior Officials Meetings alternating between Brussels and Canberra and a range of sectoral dialogues (trade, agriculture, environment, etc). •(4) committing to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations (UN) and to strengthening the role of the UN; • (11) underlining the importance of prompt and effective action to tackle climate change by working together to implement the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol, and to forge a comprehensive post 2012 global climate change outcome; •(12) recognising the impact climate change may have on international security in the longer term and the additional stress it may pose in already fragile or conflict prone areas; •(13) recognising international efforts, in the context of increasing global competition for non-renewable energy resources, towards enhancing energy security, improving the competitiveness and transparency of global energy markets as well as a shared interest between the EU and Australia in ensuring stable, competitive and sustainable supplies of energy and also recognising the relationship of energy production and consumption to the environment; •(14) recognising that international cooperation in science, technology, innovation and education is fundamental to promoting economic prosperity and welfare in globalising, knowledge-based economies, and a shared interest in exploring the potential for cooperation on research programs in Australia and the EU on issues of a global dimension; eeas.europa.eu/australia/docs/australia_pfw_2008_en.pdf
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