Reality check: Abbott’s claims about the impact of a carbon price on electricity tarriffs
Tony Abbott has been running the line that a carbon price of $40 a tonne would double the price of electricity. John Quiggin has done the math: For coal-fired electricity, CO2 emissions are around 1 tonne/MWh for black coal (a [...]
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 RSPT, 'nationalisation' and hyperbole
Wayne Swan recently said that mining company executives were either lying or displaying their ignorance in their statements about the Resources Super Profits Tax, a comment which apparently horrified Kerry O’Brien: how could this be true of respected business leaders? [...]
Tony Abbott: Nothing if not consistent
Abbott on tv today: What the housewives of Australia need to understand as they do the ironing, is that if they get it done commercially, it’s gonna go up in price, and their own power bills as they switch the [...]
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. [...]
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