If the Garnaut report continues the government’s reliance on a carbon trading solution, we leave the future in the hands of the free market.
Garnaut Report
Revisiting the science on global warming: it ain’t pretty
With the release of the Garnaut Climate Change Review’s draft report on Friday, it’s worth quickly revisiting the reason for all of this — the changing state of the climate system, writes Ian McHugh.
Kohler: Business concern over carbon trading, but Wong’s not talking
Beneath the sudden appearance of hypocrisy and confusion in the politics of climate change lie a couple of genuinely disturbing and difficult problems, writes Alan Kohler.
We need ABARE … or something like it
ABARE is a key input to the policy process in critical areas such as infrastructure, agricultural sustainability and climate change, writes Bernard Keane. But is it up to the job?
Rudd in a public policy race to the bottom
Nelson and Turnbull were taking the early body blows from their lack of unity over petrol excise cuts. Then what does the government do? Slams its own head into the turnbuckle, writes Adam Kilgour.
Australia Divided: Wet v Dry
Every day Australian weather reports predict floods at one end of the country and drought at the other.
Garnaut’s in and now Labor actually has to do something
In the lead up to 24 November, greenhouse was a useful point of differentiation for the ALP. Now it’s something they have to do something about, writes Christian Kerr.
