Abbott absurdities on climate change
There has been a constant stream of lies and misinformation over recent months on the impacts of carbon pricing. Here’s an example from early May of Abbott claiming that the carbon tax will make it hard for Australia to remain [...]
BlueScope Steel, jobs and the mining boom
After campaigning against the Carbon Tax, BlueScope Steel is being cruelled by the lack of a proper Resources Rent Tax.
Support for carbon tax rises: Newspoll
Newspoll finds a 6% shift from opposition to support for the carbon price. It’s still disapproved by 53-36, but there’s definitely something going on.
A quick reminder: Tony Abbott talks out his arse
Just popping in to remind you all: whenever Tony Abbott says anything about the effects of a carbon tax, it’s most likely wrong. At the bottom of this article is more scaremongering rubbish: Touring the Ford factory at Geelong, Mr [...]
A proposal for a political fix
While there were many, many things left unresolved in the carbon price announcement, it does appear that the transport sector is in this time around. The CPRS effectively exempted transport fuel until 2015 – as Greg Combet notes in this [...]
Labor could turn a carbon tax into a positive
The Coalition campaign has less money in the coffers than Labor, and if past indications are any guide, they’ll be holding back on their advertising spend for a blitz in the final ten days or so. It’s worth gazing into [...]
Rudd government to introduce an ETS based on consumption not production?
Writing in today’s Fin, Laura Tingle, who’s normally very well informed, reports on work being done in the Department of Climate Change on a new version of the ETS, this time based on consumption not production. The idea is that [...]
Andrew Murray sez Libs should consider carbon tax
I miss the Democrats. They often enunciated sensible public policy options. Andrew Murray in the AFR on Monday reckoned the Libs are all over the shop on political and policy options in relation to climate change. If they are going [...]
Breaking the CPRS deadlock
By Mark Bahnisch on February 3, 2010
Almost two weeks ago, I suggested that something positive might come of The Greens’ suggestion that Ross Garnaut’s interim measure on carbon emissions should be the circuit breaker for the CPRS impasse. In the intervening period, I’ve been surprised that [...]
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