The electoral imperative for the independents, The Greens and the ALP
One of the interesting parallels for this campaign is obviously the British election result – and Penny Wong was right to say that George Brandis was running the same sort of agenda to try to bump the conservatives into office, [...]
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 [...]
The Wong/Hunt climate change debate
You can watch the interchange between Penny Wong and Greg Hunt on the 7.30 Report last night on climate change policy here. I didn’t find it very edifying.
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 [...]
Garrett's job shrinks again
According to ABC News: Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has been stripped of responsibility for the household insulation scheme and other energy efficiency programs. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced he is establishing a separate, stand-alone department for Climate Change [...]
Climate change and the coasts
Climate Change Minister Penny Wong has given a speech in Adelaide at the first forum designed to address the impact of climate change on Australia’s coasts. This is part of a broader programme of adaptation planning, and this particular meeting [...]
Department of Climate Change analysis of Coalition policy
… The text can be accessed here [link to pdf].
Breaking the CPRS deadlock
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 [...]
Why Rudd needs the CPRS to be passed
It’s become something of a race to the finish between the Liberal leadership spill and the CPRS’ passage through the Senate. I haven’t seen much discussion out there of the implications of a defeat for the ETS bill. Those who [...]
D-Day for the Liberals? (And the government's CPRS giveaway)
The Coalition are continuing their marathon climate change/leadership party room meeting after question time today. Clearly, agreement couldn’t be reached within the scheduled four hours. That’s significant in itself. In developments so far, Andrew Robb has jumped ship, reports Bernard [...]
How the coup against Kevin Rudd unfolded
By Mark Bahnisch on June 25, 2010
Today’s comprehensive coverage in the Financial Review allows us to understand how the Labor leadership challenge was orchestrated. From reading a number of reports in the Fin Review today, including Laura Tingle’s, I think it’s fair to characterise it as [...]
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