Guardian: Tony Abbott has pared back the money available to his “green army”, recommitting to the 2010 election policy but saying it will now take five years for its “troops” to grow to the promised 15,000.
In 2010 Abbott’s green army – a voluntary program for 17-to-24 year olds to do practical environmental work – was allocated $400 million over four years. The 2013 version has $300 million to spend.
In both 2010 and 2013 the program began with a $50 million allocation. In 2010, that was estimated to…

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