Leaders from the 20 largest economies are struggling to agree on concrete measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,phase out coal or set a 2050 deadline.
Leaders of the world’s biggest economies have endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations,a linchpin of new international tax rules aimed at blunting the edge of fiscal paradises.
Angus Taylor rules out taking a more ambitious 2030 target to the next election as the G20 considers replacing 2050 net zero deadline with “mid-century” goal.
Scott Morrison arrived in Rome on Friday knowing one of his meetings at the G20 summit would overshadow all the others.
Australia is pressing the world’s biggest economies to force social media giants to reveal the identity of anonymous “trolls” who harass people online.
Without higher-income countries increasing assistance through donations of doses and supplies such as syringes,aid organisations say low vaccination rates in low-income countries are a risk to everyone.
Scott Morrison will not support a push by leaders of the world’s largest economies to set a date to end coal mining,joining China and India in objecting to a deadline.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will target big tech companies allowing anonymous users to defame others,putting the issue on the G20 agenda.
In a briefing last week,one remark from Scott Morrison gave heart to Liberal backbenchers who desperately want the government to sign up to net zero emissions by 2050.
The new plan could have serious implications for Australian companies that use low-tax jurisdictions in cross border transactions.
The prospect of a global agreement on a minimum corporate tax rate this year has been strengthened by the US government’s search for revenue to fund its $2.9 trillion infrastructure investments.