Climate Policy

THE danger with the Greens-government climate policy package is that it is neither cost-effective nor financially sustainable. The policy has two key climate policy elements. The first is a carbon tax which later becomes an emissions trading scam. ...
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Her opponent Tony Abbott also sought blue collar endorsement for his anti-carbon tax stance in a visit to a NSW coal mine, as the pair embarked a two-year fight to the political death on climate policy. Both leaders blitzed the airways and morning ...
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JULIA Gillard will unveil her government's carbon price policy this Sunday. "This weekend the Gillard Government plans to announce a price on pollution as the central element of a comprehensive policy to tackle climate change, cut pollution and drive ...
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INCREMENTALLY, a more detailed picture is emerging about the pivotal climate change policy debate shaping national politics. The Prime Minister has revealed that a combination of tax cuts, increases in family payments and boosts to pensions will ensure ...
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As negotiations continue on in the government's multi-party climate change committee, the opposition attacked the process, saying the committee had taken too long to reach a deal. Despite reports Labor and the Greens were "close" to a climate policy ...
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However, under the government's terms of reference and tight time constraints, the commission was unable to deal with two central questions, even though securing a global climate policy deal hinges on answers to them. First, what action is being taken ...
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However, under the government's terms of reference and tight time constraints, the commission was unable to deal with two central questions, even though securing a global climate policy deal hinges on answers to them. First, what action is being taken ...
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Mr Oakeshott said the nation would not change the flag or approve conscription of troops based on the result of a "Monday surprise", nor should one influence climate policy. Mr Windsor said voters would have their say on a carbon tax soon enough. ...
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Garnaut tells us that Australia is a laggard on climate policy, in danger of being left behind, that we have done less than other developed countries. But the Productivity Commission, restricted to surveying a group of countries already skewed towards ...
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True, the wealth transfers that masquerade as climate policy are an insult to common sense. But the government is not intending to eliminate those schemes: indeed, its modelling has assumed they would stay in place. And the government and Ross Garnaut ...
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