Remember
This is perhaps the first time a piece of Liberal negative political advertising actually worked on me. I had an immediate visceral reaction to it, a surge of anger at Rudd. But then also anger at Labor, at Abbott, at […]
Climate clippings 76
This week I’ve concentrated on the practical side of Climate change – mitigation and adaptation and the relevant policies. 1. China to cap emissions According to Giles Parkinson news reports from China indicate that the powerful National Development and Reform […]
International action on climate change – what’s happened?
As Brian’s post on the “new hockey stick” shows, the public policy implications of climate science haven’t changed a lot over the past few years. If we don’t all act, we are screwed. In fact, we may already be screwed. […]
Has the carbon price worked?
Whyalla is still here. Iron ore (and, sadly, thermal coal) is still being exported by the megaton. Electricity prices haven’t risen dramatically. The Opposition, while still maintaining their intention to abolish the carbon price, have been pretty quiet about the […]
Abbott absurdities on climate change
There has been a constant stream of lies and misinformation over recent months on the impacts of carbon pricing. Here’s an example from early May of Abbott claiming that the carbon tax will make it hard for Australia to remain […]
Domestic aviation and a carbon price
Carbon pricing and rising fuel costs might make domestic air travel more expensive, but by how much?
Assumptions underlying the CEF package
In case the acronym hasn’t stuck yet, CEF means Clean Energy Future. If I’d said “carbon tax”, no problems. In my 2009 submission to the Senate Select Committee on Climate Policy I ripped into the Rudd Government for commissioning Ross […]
Gillard always wanted a price on carbon
Remember that the before the last election, Gillard said she would view victory as a mandate for a carbon price and promised to legislate a carbon price in the next term as part of a bold series of reforms that […]
Why the Australian Trade and Industry Alliance ‘facts’ are not facts
A couple of links culled from the carbon price polls thread: Roger Jones and Peter Martin on the deceit behind the anti-carbon price scheme ads from the Australian Trade and Industry Alliance.
Support for carbon tax rises: Newspoll
Newspoll finds a 6% shift from opposition to support for the carbon price. It’s still disapproved by 53-36, but there’s definitely something going on.