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 [...]
Department of Climate Change analysis of Coalition policy
… The text can be accessed here [link to pdf].
Great big new tax scare campaign game: Two can play
Both the Government and the Coalition are publicly committed to a 5% emissions reduction target. Tony Abbott claims he will get there via ‘direct action’ and avoid the ‘great big new tax on everything’ – his characterisation of Labor’s ETS. [...]
Department of Climate Policy Cave-ins and Keeping Things Private
As Anna Rose points out, The Dept of Climate Change has made an inauspicious start to the year, proposing to remove the public disclosure of Corporate level GHG figures. Their concern is as follows: The label ‘energy production’ applies to [...]
Liveblogging Emissions Trading Allocation Challenges Forum
UNSW is hosting a forum today on how to allocate the emissions permit auction revenue pie. As a central plank of climate mitigation policy, the value in the first 10 years is expected to exceed the total value of government [...]
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