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CPRS
Greens take the agenda because no one else wants it
Offshore processing is a gigantic mistake, and until someone other than the Greens says that, Labor will continue to suffer.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A third way needed on Australia Network
Crikey readers have their say.
Carbon taxes and the ghosts of politicians past
As the latest carbon price package makes its way through parliament, Fergus Green takes a trip down memory lane.
Ghosts of climate policy past haunt our Clean Energy Future
It’s an old refrain, but the closer we get to the Clean Energy Future legislation ducking and weaving its way through parliament, the more we are reminded of the ghosts of the current proposal’s stepmother, the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, writes Giles Parkinson of Climate Spectator.
Denniss: carbon price and the truth about ‘truthiness’
The introduction of a carbon price is an important step towards reducing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions, writes Dr Richard Denniss, executive director of The Australia Institute.
Carbon tax just the first real battle in a very long war
Fergus Green, of Inside Story, unpacks the carbon pricing package to discover, at its core, a tension between fundamentally different visions for the future of Australia’s economy and environment.
When international permits are OK or not OK
The new carbon package deals with the issue of international permits far better than the CPRS did. Funny the Coalition is complaining about it.
Garnaut: ‘This is a strong climate change policy package’
Professor Ross Garnaut has described Labor’s carbon price package a “strong climate change policy” in a statement that contrasts markedly with his assessment of the CPRS.
Carbon tax: key changes reflect the Greens, Garnaut
There are some key changes from Rudd’s CPRS that reflect both the influence of the Greens and Ross Garnaut in its development.
Carbon tax: the policy and the politics
This is a better package than the CPRS it is so closely modelled on, but not by a lot. It’s certainly as voter-friendly a policy as pricing carbon was ever going to be.
Labor knows the rituals of communication but not their meaning
This time around, the Government is fighting back against rentseekers on climate change. But it still lacks a strategy.
Graham Kraehe’s definition of consultation
Our biggest carbon polluters are small employers who wildly overstate the impact of a carbon price.
Garnaut injects some reform wisdom into an inept government
Ross Garnaut has given Labor some pointers on mixing policy with politics when it comes to carbon pricing.
Bitar’s reign of mayhem comes to an end
Karl Bitar departs Labor’s national secretaryship, leaving a smoking ruin where viable political parties once stood.
Our carbon addict tax system
If you compare the money spent encouraging fossil fuel usage compared to how much it spent on climate change programs in recent years, it shows we have a pro-carbon tax system, so strongly supportive of fossil fuels that it would outweight a carbon price.
A sovereign wealth fund should be a core climate change strategy
The reality that the world faces a significant temperature rise no matter what Australia does should drive the establishment of a sovereign wealth fund.
What real reform looks like
The Prime Minister’s comment yesterday extolling the “various elements of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme” when asked about handouts to industries under a carbon price demonstrates that Labor remains committed to a political solution to climate change, not an economic one.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A true level playing field for sports rights
Crikey readers have their say.
CBA’s power play on the Hazelwood lemon
The inference of CBA’s assessment is that the total value of the asset bought for $2.35 billion in 1996 is now worth $50 million, writes Giles Parkinson of Climate Spectator.
Climate committee is better without the Coalition
The Climate Committee announced by the Government yesterday will benefit from the absence of a disruptive and untrustworthy Opposition.
Back to the future on a carbon trade-off
The debate has been returned to its starting point of more than a decade ago — a trading scheme versus a carbon tax, writes Giles Parkinson.
Labor’s form on climate policy: what not to do next
If inroads are going to be made, Labor needs to show some backbone on carbon pricing and mitigation objectives, writes Andrew Macintosh, associate director of the ANU Centre for Climate Law and Policy.
Pearse: Greens should let this government fall and learn
The Labor Party might ultimately agree to brave a carbon levy, but you can bet it will be one that is as polluter friendly as its CPRS, writes Guy Pearse.
Crikey Says: Hung parliament already proving a circuit-breaker
As a circuit-breaker for the visionless, risk-averse politics both sides have tried to foist on the electorate, the current political situation is already proving valuable.
