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Resource carbon emissions: How much do Australians wish to pay? How much are they paying?
On July 1 the government is implementing new carbon tax measures. The Institute of Public Affairs commissioned a Galaxy survey to find out how much Australians would pay to avoid the costs of what the government claims will be human induced...
Carbon tax unconstitutional: legal opinion
‘The carbon tax is unconstitutional according to a legal opinion from expert, Bryan Pape, commissioned by the Institute of Public Affairs and reported in the Australian Financial Review this morning', said Tim Wilson, Climate Change Policy...
Only one-third of Australians believe humans are to blame for global warming
Only a third of Australians think the world is warming and humans are to blame, according to a Galaxy poll commissioned by the free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. The Galaxy poll asked 1,051 Australians on the weekend of 23-25...
Carbon tax calculator exposes hit to family and business budgets
The Institute of Public Affairs, Australia's leading free market think tank, today distributed thousands of postcards to small businesses across the country highlighting a new research tool which allows Australians to calculate the impact to their...
Carbon Tax Calculator
‘In response to the passage of the carbon tax the IPA has launched a carbon tax calculator that households and small businesses can use to calculate how much their electricity prices will rise', said Tim Wilson, Director of Climate Change...
FOI Documents Show Combet Misled Australians on Carbon Tax
'Greg Combet, the Minister for Climate Change has misled Australians about China's price on carbon according to documents released to the Institute of Public Affairs under Freedom of Information', said Director of Climate Change Policy, Tim...
IPA launches climate advertising
The free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs, has launched the first of a series of advertisements to highlight its climate change research. A full page advertisement appeared in The Australian today. It assesses a claim by the...
Carbon tax to push electricity prices up by 150 dollars next year
‘The Gillard government's carbon tax will push up the price of electricity for households by $150 in its first year alone', said Director of Climate Change Policy, Tim Wilson, today from Parliament House. ‘In her press conference...
Productivity commission shows Australia has high taxes on carbon emissions
PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION SHOWS AUSTRALIA HAS HIGH TAXES ON CARBON EMISSIONS "Australia is incurring more costs and bringing about a more CO2 abatement than any country outside of Europe. This is the result of the study into carbon emission policies...
Greens Greg Barber refuses to rule out $500 carbon tax
Joy 94.9'S Rainbow Report @ 12.49pm, Friday 20th May 2011 Rainbow Report host, Doug Pollard: On the line we have Greg Barber who is one of the elected Greens in the Upper House of the Victorian State Parliament representing the northern...