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Wong right to put off our targets
Much to the chagrin of greenies, Penny Wong is delaying issuing Australia's emission reduction targets until after this month's Poznan meeting on...
Small voice with big ambitions
Climate change forecasts by scientists are having a dominant influence on policy throughout the world. Politicians and economists have popularised...
Blame ETS on business
Two weeks ago the Business Council of Australia released a report on the impact of an emissions trading scheme (ETS). Fourteen companies in the...
Liberals need to seize the nettle on power issue
On the same day that NSW Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell torpedoed the NSW Government's plans to privatise the state's electricity...
Climate mettle about to be tested
An emissions trading scheme has not even started but the Government's hostility to carbon emissions is already choking off the supply of...
Tax on energy use is best way to fight pollution
The emissions trading scheme (ETS) is advertised as being a "market solution to a market problem". This is a clever piece of rhetoric that has long...
Prepare for dim, costly future
Climate Change Minister Penny Wong accused the Opposition of not knowing whether it was Arthur or Martha on climate change. As the realities of a...
Get real: nuclear the sane option
Last week in parliament, Kevin Rudd wheeled himself in to respond to a Dorothy Dixer on emissions trading. This allowed him to traverse the whole...
Cost of carbon cuts hidden in dark plume
REDUCING emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) presents the most difficult and costly task Australia has contemplated. Most CO2 is a by-product of...
Petrol pricing by shifting the focus to loyalty schemes
The ACCC's FuelWatch scheme will place draconian limitations on price competition within the retail market for petrol. But petrol stations will...