The words of the NZ PM on emissions trading hinted at why Tony Abbott ran with a poorly-devised plebiscite stunt.
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The long view: electricity consumers choose cheaper over green
Creating “certainty” is not the urgent issue for industry many believe. They might not realise it, but the urgency to create certainty rests with consumers, writes Ben Freund, CEO GoSwitch.com.au.
Keane's classics: Climate change cage match: Abbott debates Abbott
Tony Abbott goes mano-a-mano on climate change and a carbon price with his toughest opponent yet — Tony Abbott. Let’s look back on all the times Abbott has spoken about climate change.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: Gillard’s tough sell
Prime Minister Gillard’s To Do list…
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.
Cross party consensus on climate change, it IS possible
The recommendations of the Climate Change committee will have pervasive impact. So it is appropriate to seek cross-party consensus, writes the University of Tasmania’s Professor Ian Marsh.
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.
Electorate send a message on climate change
The Australian electorate have chosen wisely by not choosing at all. The delivery of a hung parliament presents, for the first time in living memory, an opportunity to deal with the substantive policy issues that have been ignored in this campaign. This is something the three conservative independents, Bob Katter, Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, […]
Grattan: Who Dares Wins (or fails)
Julia Gillard’s stance on boat people and the ETS proves she can take risks, albeit calculated risks for voter approval. The PM is effectively saying “trust me” but this has raised wider issues about what she stands for, writes Michelle Grattan.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: It’s not ETS being Greens
According to one Crikey reader, “the ETS surrender was the signal for many Labor voters to turn to the Greens in desperation.” And the National Heart Foundation ticks.
Clean energy sector bets everything on RET legislation after demise of CPRS
Abandoning an emissions trading scheme has frozen the renewable energy market and the Government’s “flawed” clean energy targets are stifling investment in large-scale projects like wind farms and solar generation.
Mungo MacCallum: On tax and the ETS, Rudd tainted by cowardice
Kevin Rudd’s tax response is good policy and good politics. But because it has come at a time when the government is perceived to be running scared, it will get less credit than it deserves.
Killing the ETS was a team effort
Rudd and Wong can’t take all the credit for killing the ETS: every news outlet that ran dodgy polluter-commissioned modelling and op-eds from climate denialists and wingnuts can also take a bow.
Crikey Says: Rudd lacks the courage for serious reform
Two years ago, Kevin Rudd correctly observed that there was no point being in power unless power was used to achieve change. So, why does the PM search for reasons not to reform?
Rudd throws ETS in the “too hard” basket
Daily media wrap: Kevin Rudd is giving up on what he once described as “the greatest moral challenge of our time” — but is Australia’s attention span really so short? Crikey hasn’t forgotten, and neither has the world’s media.
Rudd on Rudd: I’m a coward on climate change
Less than six months ago, Kevin Rudd believed bailing on an ETS would be “political cowardice” and “an absolute failure of leadership”. Now his words have come back to haunt him, writes Jason Whittaker.
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.
Talking the Town: Talking the town: Tony Abbott and Bob Ellis, in conversation. Yes, really.
It’s not often you go to a book launch where the author never mentions his own book, and spends most of the night talking about someone else’s, which is what happened with Bob Ellis and Tony Abbott last night.
So how come an ETS was OK under John Howard? Ask the oldies
Weren’t the Liberal membership paying attention when John Howard eagerly declared at his debate with Kevin Rudd that he would be introducing “the world’s most comprehensive emissions trading scheme”?
Copenhagen the Libs’ MacGuffin for total immolation
Copenhagen is the reason the government insists that the CPRS issue must be resolved now. Copenhagen is the reason many in the coalition think the CPRS issue shouldn’t be resolved now. Both are wrong.
Take your CPRS and shove it
Bernard Keane is sick of Penny Wong’s tedious droning, Kevin Rudd’s sanctimony, Coalition climate denialists, Barnaby Joyce, rentseekers and everything else tied up in the never-ending CPRS debate.
The Australian climate movement needs to take a good, hard look at itself
Following Copenhagen, the Australian climate movement needs to take a hard collective look at itself, with the aim of achieving unity around the crucial goal of reducing Australia’s greenhouse house gas emissions to zero by 2030.
Greens get the climate poll they paid for
The Greens recently commissioned a Galaxy poll on public opinion to the Government’s ETS and, surprise surprise says Andrew Norton: it found Australians want a more ambitious emissions target.
