This morning the Greens launched a raft of amendments to improve the Government’s CPRS bill — and they’re the most sensible suggestions any party has made on the issue in some time.
Emissions Trading Scheme
Turnbull in a Wild West shoot out
Malcolm Turnbull may have headed over to the WA Liberal faithful to discuss ETS negotiations, but they didn’t want to hear it, with all but one voting for no ETS negotiations pre Copenhagen. Now what for the West?
Two-faced Tony Abbott
MP Tony Abbott says the Coalition need to negotiate with Labor on the ETS. But, he also is happy to criticise climate change evidence. Why is he playing John Howard’s old games?
Grattan: Turnbull’s imploding leadership
Malcolm Turnbull’s grip on the leadership is slipping, writes Michelle Grattan, with Peter Costello’s surprise exit, ETS in disarray and Joe Hockey admitting he’s been approached for the leadership.
Australia, you have 3 days to get your act together on climate change
Bangkok’s climate talks have shown that the issue of climate aid is one of the main hurdles for producing a better global deal on climate change, — and Australia is lagging behind the pack, writes Will McGoldrick.
Kelly: Coalition assure Rudd’s power for many years to come
PM Kevin Rudd should give a hearty thank you to the Opposition, because thanks to Malcolm Turnbull and disagreements over climate change, they are about to hand Labor another two terms on a plate, writes Paul Kelly.
Costello: We can shape Copenhagen? Tell ‘em he’s dreaming
Don’t get sick of the ETS, because it will dominate the news for years. But, it would be stupid to agree to targets pre Copenhagen and any targets will be changed in the future anyway. Peter Costello will even bet you on it.
The CPRS is pointless. It’s Copenhagen that counts
Whether the CPRS gets up or not will make no difference to global temperatures, writes Dr Richard Denniss. Why Malcolm Turnbull would stake his leadership on something so meaningless defies logic.
Crikey Says: A study in alternative realities
Compare the meeting last week in Oxford of the world’s most eminent climate scientists with the divided mess of Australia’s parliament, with disagreements over the CPRS and Copenhagen.
Kohler: Rudd’s dividing and conquering, not leading, on ETS and Telstra
Kevin Rudd and his ministers seem to think they are all just playing a political computer game, in which the aim is to kill as many bad guys as possible. But broadband and emissions trading are both nation-changing issues.
A new Liberal climate position: the Minchin line
Climate change is being used by the Government to wedge the Opposition mercilessly, in far more savage a fashion than John Howard ever managed to do to Labor on refugees or national security.
Shanahan: Turnbull loses it
Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership authority is in a time of pure desperation, thanks to ETS rebels and his own big mouth. How did Turnbull’s strategy go so wrong? asks Dennis Shanahan.
Mungo MacCallum: Turnbull caught between a brainsnap and the cavemen
Finding himself surrounded once again by drongos and knuckle-draggers, Malcolm Turnbull decided to crash through or crash. But the messy Libs climate change situation is not totally without hope.
Grattan: Turnbull to keep Dutton safe
Malcolm Turnbull has come out declaring that McPherson’s preselection loser Peter Dutton “must” remain in the House of Reps. It’s further woes for Turnbull, already weary from the ETS fight, writes Michelle Grattan.
Political economy: climate change
Malcolm Turnbull is putting his leadership on the line by putting the hard word on MPs to back him or can him. Can he negotiate the dreaded ETS? asks Henry Thornton.
Taylor: Showdown in the old partyroom
It’s an old-fashioned shootout in the Coalition partyroom, with climate change policies at 12 paces. But will the Nats decide this town ain’t big enough for the both of them? asks Lenore Taylor.
Turnbull puts it all on the line
Back me or sack me: that’s Malcolm Turnbull’s last-ditch ultimatum to an embattled and fractured Coalition. Either backbenchers support his climate change policy, or he’ll hang up the gloves.
If not Emissions Trading, then what?
When the Emissions Trading Scheme is eventually passed, it won’t be worth a damn thanks to all the political wrangling. So the real issue is — what’s the next step?
Grattan: Turnbull acts tough against rebels
Malcolm Turnbull has come out in full force against his critics, saying Liberal backbenchers who oppose the ETS speak for “nobody but themselves”. He’s putting his leadership authority on the line, writes Michelle Grattan
Business groups bicker over ETS
While most business groups are suggesting amendments, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is advocating no vote on the ETS before Copenhagen. How will Turnbull negotiate with business?
Are the Libs taking the climate change road less travelled?
Liberals might like to pretend that climate change action is radical, but as seen at last week’s UN, it’s become the diplomatic lingua franca. How are the Libs so out of line with the global political agenda?
Climate change ball is in Rudd’s court, not Turnbull’s
With all the focus on the chaos in the Liberal Party, we shouldn’t forget that Australia’s climate path will be chartered by the Government, not the Opposition, writes The Greens’ Christine Milne.
Coorey: Coalition conveniently forgets their ETS
It’s internal revolt time in the Coalition, with assertions that an Emissions Trading Scheme has never been Coalition policy, but was a slick deal between Malcolm Turnbull and John Howard prior to the last election, writes Phillip Coorey.
Grattan: Fielding calls for conscience vote
Senator Steve Fielding is calling for a conscience vote for Coalition MPs on the ETS, saying that they ”should not capitulate to the Government’s demands simply because it is afraid of giving … a double dissolution trigger”.
Liberals will pass ETS to avoid Ruddquake
The Liberal leadership will convince enough backbench MPs to approve the Coalition’s amendments to the Emissions Trading legislation in coming weeks. Because … it has to.
