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By Mark Bahnisch on November 23, 2009
You really have to feel a bit sorry for Malcolm Turnbull. Any chance he had of representing himself as leading a party enlightened on the policy response to climate change is gone completely, no matter what happens in tomorrow’s party [...]
Posted in Climate change, Politics | Tagged amendments, Climate change, climate change denialism, climate change policy, coalition party room, cprs, Emissions trading scheme, ets, John Williams, Lateline, legislation, liberal leadership, Malcolm Turnbull, Nick Minchin, parliament, Penny Wong |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 20, 2009
In the wake of his avowal of climate change denialism on Four Corners, Nick Minchin has spent the second last week of the Parliamentary year stoking the fires of Coalition opposition to the CPRS. Tony Abbott, previously a ‘skeptic’ who [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Energy, Howardia, Immigration, Politics | Tagged asylum seekers, Barnaby Joyce, boat people, brown jobs, climate change policy, Coal industry, Copenhagen, cprs, denialism, emissions trading legislation, employment, green jobs, John Howard, liberal leadership, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Nationals, Nick Minchin, Penny Wong, polling, refugees, Rudd government, Tony Abbott |
By Guest Poster on October 14, 2009
Dr Richard Denniss from The Australia Institute writing in today’s Crikey [reproduced with permission]: Like most parliamentarians, Penny Wong, the Minister for Climate Change, is a climate sceptic. Of course she prefers to use that term to describe those who [...]
Posted in Climate change | Tagged Climate change, climate change policy, cprs, emissions trading, Penny Wong, Richard Denniss, TAI, The Australia Institute |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 13, 2009
I haven’t had a chance to look at the amendments The Greens are putting forward to the emissions trading scheme bills. But Ben Eltham has, and his verdict has been published at New Matilda: As the climate change debate rumbles [...]
Posted in Climate change | Tagged amendments, Australian Greens, Ben Eltham, Bob Brown, Climate change, climate change policy, cprs, Emissions trading scheme, Kevin Rudd, New Matilda, Penny Wong, Policy, Senate, The Greens |
By Kim on May 5, 2009
Lots could be said about the politics of the CPRS backdown, and no doubt lots of people are saying lots. Good for The Greens? An issue for a double dissolution? Issue management a la KRudd? Greg Combet positioning himself as [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Markets, Policy | Tagged ALP, Australian Greens, business, Climate change, corporatism, cprs, democracy, Emissions trading scheme, ets, Greg Combet, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Penny Wong, political theory, Rudd government, Sociology, The Greens |
By Robert Merkel on December 2, 2008
Poznan looks like a rather pleasant city to visit. That’s handy, because there’s a fair chance that Penny Wong and the rest of the Australian delegation might have some time on their hands. As The Guardian notes in this handy [...]
Posted in Climate change, Environment, International | Tagged Penny Wong, poznan, prisoner's dilemma |
By Robert Merkel on October 30, 2008
…unless you already know and like the answers you’re going to get. You’d reckon that the Opposition might have learned its lesson on that. It seems like they might need another one, given their response to the impending release of [...]
Posted in Climate change, Energy, Environment | Tagged Andrew Robb, carbon pollution reduction scheme, cprs, emissions trading, Penny Wong, Ross Garnaut, Wayne Swan |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 30, 2008
It’s out today. LP bloggers will have more during the day as it’s digested, but here’s an open thread for instant analysis and commentary. Please also feel free to link in comments to other posts or articles. By way of [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Energy, Environment, International, Markets | Tagged ALP, carbon pollution reduction scheme, Climate change, climate change policy, climate scientists, emissions trading, Garnaut final report, Garnaut Report, Garnaut Review, Kevin Rudd, Labor, open letter, Penny Wong, Ross Garnaut, Rudd government, Treasury modelling |
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 September 5, 2008
[Update: {by Kim} Garnaut has recommended a low target - 10% by 2020. Details in the press release here, and the address can be downloaded here. Links to pdfs.] Ross Garnaut will be at the National Press Club in Canberra [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Energy, Environment | Tagged ALP, carbon pollution reductions scheme, Christine Milne, Climate change, economic modelling, emissions cap, emissions target, emissions trading policy, Garnaut Report, Garnaut Review, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Penny Wong, Ross Garnaut, Rudd government, targets and trajectories, Treasury modelling |
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 |
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