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By Mark Bahnisch on September 29, 2008
The obvious retort to John McCain’s faux suspension of his campaign last week was that Presidents should be able to deal with more than one issue at the same time. That’s obviously true, but it’s also a truism which disguises [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Energy, Environment, International, Media, Polls | Tagged carbon pollution reduction scheme, Climate change, Emissions trading scheme, gordon brown, John McCain, Kevin Rudd, Lowy Institute, Lowy Institute poll, Rudd government, United Nations, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Kim on September 17, 2008
There’s something of a paradox there, because, as I’ve been arguing, Malcolm Turnbull’s best chance at making an impact (beyond the born in a log cabin dingy flat narrative personal stuff) is to move towards the centre, and particularly given [...]
Posted in Climate change, Media, Politics | Tagged ALP, brendan nelson, carbon pollution reduction scheme, Climate change, Emissions trading scheme, John Hewson, John Quiggin, Kevin Rudd, Labor, leadership spill, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership spill, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Nick Minchin, political leadership, Rudd government, shadow cabinet |
By Kim on September 16, 2008
One theme that’s come up in commentary on several threads about the Liberal leadership here is that the political suicide of Brendan Nelson has the potential to put the Howard years to bed at last. One other sign of this [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Howardia, Immigration, Politics | Tagged brendan nelson, Climate change, Costello memoirs, Emissions trading scheme, four corners, immigration detention, John Howard, leadership spill, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership spill, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Costello, shadow cabinet |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 12, 2008
There’s lots more interesting stuff in this report at Australian Policy Online about two exit polls taken at the time of the 2007 federal election (and the AES), but this might be a relevant thing for Kevin Rudd, Penny Wong [...]
Posted in Climate change, Federal Elections, Industrial Relations, Polls, Sociology | Tagged 2007 federal election, ALP, carbon pollution reduction scheme, Climate change, electoral behaviour, Emissions trading scheme, exit polls, Garnaut Report, Garnaut Review, issues salience, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Penny Wong, Polls, psephology, Rudd government |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 27, 2008
The Fin Review reported yesterday that a host of resource company execs are descending on Canberra on Friday for a pow wow with Martin Ferguson. Initially this meeting was being presented as a way of circumventing the BCA, who released [...]
Posted in Climate change, Energy, Environment, Howardia, Markets | Tagged ALP, Australian Greens, BCA, Business Council of Australia, carbon pollution reduction scheme, Climate change, climate change denialism, climate change skeptics, Coalition, emissions targets, Emissions trading scheme, greg gailey, Greg Hunt, Kevin Rudd, kyoto protocol, Labor, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, martin ferguson, Penny Wong, Rudd government, Senate, Shergold Review, Sydney institute |
By Robert Merkel on August 23, 2008
You might have seen a lot of news coverage about a report by the Business Council of Australia that claims that Australia’s EITE industries – shorthand for “emissions-intensive, trade-exposed”, incidentally – are doomed unless the government hands out far more [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Environment, Markets | Tagged BCA, Business Council of Australia, carbon pollution reduction scheme, Emissions trading scheme, ets |
By Kim on August 14, 2008
John Quiggin’s blog is on a temporary hiatus, which is a pity as I’d hoped he’d reproduce his article in the Financial Review today to enable it to reach a wider audience. Gary Sauer-Thompson summarises the gist of the article [...]
Posted in Climate change | Tagged Australian Greens, big business, Bob Brown, Climate change, climate change denialism, ecological disaster, Emissions trading scheme, global warming, John Quiggin, Kevin Rudd, Labor, labor party, Lake Albert, Lake Alexandrina, Murray River, Murray-Darling, Penny Wong, Rudd government |
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