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CPRS
Wong: CPRS: you know it makes sense
Climate Change Minister Penny Wong makes her last-ditch case for the government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, ahead of today’s vote: it’s the easiest way to limit on our emissions before Mexico.
Wayne Swan gets Intergenerational
Treasurer Wayne Swan launched the latest Intergenerational Report at lunchtime. And, like its predecessor, it’s every bit as much about politics as it is about long-term economic trends.
I’d rather be in the Greens’ reality than Mungo MacCallum’s
The Greens’ Tim Hollo hits back against Mungo MacCallum’s claims that the party has been absent from the recent climate change debate.
Labor is losing the ground war on global warming opinion
Possum Comitatus digs deeper into a recent poll on Australians’ attitudes to CPRS and global warming, and finds that the ALP’s failure to strongly combat climate change scepticism is klling its CPRS hopes.
Morgan poll: for the first time less than half of Australians approve of proposed CPRS
A new Morgan poll shows that for the first time, less than half of Australians — 46%, down 4% since November — approve of the government’s proposed CPRS.
No regrets on the road from
Copenhagen
Copenhagen changes nothing for Australian policymakers — but that won’t stop politicians from using it as a political weapon.
Rudd — go green or go home
With the Coalition now unlikely to cut a deal with the Government on an ETS, Kevin Rudd’s best hope may be to commit to a much more serious emissions target of 25% to gain the support of the Greens.
Kohler: Copenhagen kills Rudd’s ETS
The failure of Copenhagen leaves Kevin Rudd with two choices, writes Alan Kohler: call a double dissolution election then force the CPRS through a joint sitting of parliament, or wait until after the next climate change conference in Mexico and hope for the best.
Coorey: The heat is now on Hunt
Pity poor Greg Hunt, says Phillip Coorey: the Opposition environment spokesperson Greg Hunt now has a month to fashion out some sort of climate-change policy without an emissions trading scheme.
Grattan: A loss for the planet, a win for Abbott
The poor outcome of Copenhagen will be a boost for Tony Abbott, giving credence to his argument that Rudd has been “rushing” Australia into an ETS, says Michelle Grattan.
Hopelesshagen for Rudd
The failure of Copenhagen will make it far harder for Kevin Rudd to sell his emissions trading scheme before the next Federal Election, writes Lenore Taylor and Sid Maher.
Shanahan: Copenhagen’s failure puts climate back on the Aussie election agenda
With the likely failure of any real deal on climate change in Copenhagen, and an Opposition leader willing to fight an election with a strong anti-ETS line, Rudd could face a big backlash from voters — and Abbott actually has a shot, says Dennis Shanahan.
POLL: More voters agree with Abbott than Rudd on climate change
The latest Essential Report comes in with a steady two party preferred of 58-42 but the real surprise comes in the additional questions: 27% of voters agree with Tony Abott’s stance on the ETS — compared with 24% for Rudd and the ALP. Possum Comitatus has all the figures.
As climate changes, Greens are the new black
The Greens may be the beneficiaries of the ALP and Liberals’ CPRS squabbling, with last week’s polls all showing a big boost to the party.
Senate Hansard reveals The Great Climate Change Conspiracy (with apologies to Dan Brown)
The sacred Hansard manuscripts describe the attempts of Penny Wong, Senator from South Australia, to solve the murder of Malcolm Turnbull’s climate change amendments, writes Walter Slurry.
Quiggin: The Liberals turn Chinese
The only feasible way Tony Abbott can achieve an emissions trading scheme that matches Rudd’s reduction target but doesn’t involve a tax is by embracing the Chinese model of investing in hydro, nuclear and other renewable energy, says John Quiggin. Ahh, the irony.
Flannery: Never trust a Liberal
Don’t trust a word the Liberal Party says on climate change, says Tim Flannery. It has betrayed the trust of voters too many times on the issue, and doesn’t deserve another chance.
Kelly: Abbott makes it up as he goes along
New Liberal leader Tony Abbot is being forced to make policy on the run, devising a “tax free” carbon policy overnight, says Paul Kelly. But can he think fast enough to give himself some policy credibility?
Ross Garnaut: on Copenhagen, Tony Abbott and rentseeking
At a speech in Washington last night Professor Ross Garnaut ranged widely over the issues surrounding the global response to climate change. Despite everything, he remains optimistic.
Coalition enters a policy-free zone on carbon
The Coalition is still groping in the dark for a coherent position on the ETS. And when it finds one, it will need to go through the same trial by fire that Turnbull’s went through.
Crikey Says: And with a whimper, the ETS gets defeated
The Senate has voted down the Rudd Government’s CPRS, and the world is suddenly watching our unique brand of hard-ball climate politics with round-eyed wonder.
Milne: A defeat of climate hypocrisy and a moment for hope
The Government and its backers will no doubt attempt to brand this as a victory for climate scepticism. But it’s equally a defeat of climate hypocrisy and a moment of hope, says Greens Senator Christine Milne.
Commentary / Thursday, 3 December 2009
A US view on the Australian CPRS stoush from conservative mag Commentary: Jillian Melchior applauds Tony Abbott for rejecting Australia’s own “cap and trade” policy and refusing to tax the public to fight climate change.