The opposition Australian Labor Party insisted on anti-evergreening amendments in exchange for its support for the agreement.

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Uranium producers were also strong, after the Australian Labor Party voted over the weekend to lift a ban on uranium exports to India.

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Australian police are investigating claims an MP from the governing Labor Party misused his trade union credit card to pay for sex with prostitutes.

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