Malcolm Turnbull's leadership has been dealt with by the Liberal Party and he'll keep the top job, says opposition attorney-general spokesman George Brandis.

Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says the federal coalition has agreed to a deal on Labor's carbon pollution reduction scheme following a marathon meeting.

Family First senator Steve Fielding says Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has lost all credibility after agreeing to the govt's revamped climate change deal.

CANBERRA (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged parliament Tuesday to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change.

The negotiated amendments to the federal government's climate change legislation would add just under $1 billion to the budget over the next 10 years.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hosts Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday for talks considered critical to showing Washington's commitment to New Delhi in a region where its rivals, China and Pakistan, are U.S. priorities.

Labour and the Greens have fought the first battle in a war they will lose before the week is out against the Government's emissions trading scheme.

The federal government has "stopped the clock" on Tasmania's plan to build a tourist road through one of Australia's premier wilderness areas.

PORT OF SPAIN (AFP) - Commonwealth leaders meeting in Trindad this week face a "crisis summit" as they battle the global recession and face calls to action on climate change, the body's chief has said.

Commonwealth leaders meeting this week face a "crisis summit" as they consider the global recession and calls for climate change action, the body's chief says.

International cruise ship operators are expected to meet world experts on Antarctica in Wellington next month in a bid to water down proposals for environmental protection from tourism in the Southern Ocean.

Greenpeace is mounting a public protest against what it is calling Fonterra's "climate crime" at the dairy giant's corporate headquarters in Auckland today.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Oscilloscope is pulling a Columbia House.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Oscilloscope is pulling
a Columbia House.

The Government is defending ramming its emissions trading scheme (ETS) through Parliament this week, as Labour attacks the process and design of the climate change legislation.

The United States will announce a target for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions before the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, a senior official says.

Parliament will move into urgency today, to pass its controversial emissions trading scheme into law by the end of the week.

A climate change survey of young New Zealanders has found a whopping 96 percent are in favour of some changes to the country's transport system, with the majority voting for substantial change.