http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/04/pearce-garnaut-review-points-to-the-political-challenges-ahead/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:51:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/04/pearce-garnaut-review-points-to-the-political-challenges-ahead/#comment-14063 tony kevin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-14063 jim's good observations raise the question why such a long delay between the initial penny wong response in 2 weeks time and the proposed much later stages of implementation, not till 2009? i feel urgency and commitment may be lost with so much built-in delay. i feel the public are already ahead of the pollies and the interest groups on this. i give garnaut A++ for analysis and presentation, A - for policy timetable. but well done overall. jim’s good observations raise the question why such a long delay between the initial penny wong response in 2 weeks time and the proposed much later stages of implementation, not till 2009? i feel urgency and commitment may be lost with so much built-in delay. i feel the public are already ahead of the pollies and the interest groups on this. i give garnaut A++ for analysis and presentation, A - for policy timetable. but well done overall.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/04/pearce-garnaut-review-points-to-the-political-challenges-ahead/#comment-14064 Jim Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-14064 I think Garnaut provided some answers to that question: keep the coverage of the scheme broad, don't play games with exemptions, but make sure that those at the low end of the economic heap are not screwed. As Garnaut himself has said, no-one received compensation when the dollar was floated, but after a couple of decades, it is still afloat. The tariff roll-backs of the eighties have stood the test of time. The trick is to get the policy framework right, and then to stick with it and not try to bargain with the most entrenched corporate vested interests or their servants in the Opposition on every nook and cranny of the program. A good policy framework, clearly presented to the public and backed by resolute legislators is what everyone claims to aspire to here, but of course it is the very last thing the Opposition wants to see, and it will be all stops out from them on a de-stabilization strategy, until this thing is well understood by the punters. The sooner the better: we don't have time for more of the rubbish Nelson et al have run on this issue over the last few weeks. I think Garnaut provided some answers to that question: keep the coverage of the scheme broad, don’t play games with exemptions, but make sure that those at the low end of the economic heap are not screwed. As Garnaut himself has said, no-one received compensation when the dollar was floated, but after a couple of decades, it is still afloat. The tariff roll-backs of the eighties have stood the test of time. The trick is to get the policy framework right, and then to stick with it and not try to bargain with the most entrenched corporate vested interests or their servants in the Opposition on every nook and cranny of the program. A good policy framework, clearly presented to the public and backed by resolute legislators is what everyone claims to aspire to here, but of course it is the very last thing the Opposition wants to see, and it will be all stops out from them on a de-stabilization strategy, until this thing is well understood by the punters. The sooner the better: we don’t have time for more of the rubbish Nelson et al have run on this issue over the last few weeks.

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