Mahinda Siriwardana – The Conversation

To decarbonise the electricity sector, Australia could increase the volume of renewables while closing old fossil fuel power stations. Wind turbine image from www.shutterstock.com

December 15, 2015

After Paris: now what for Australia’s climate policy?

Tim Nelson, University of New England; Judith McNeill, University of New England; Mahinda Siriwardana, University of New England, and Sam Meng, University of New England

Under the Paris climate agreement, Australia has stated that it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. How will we achieve this?

August 25, 2011

BHP hits the sweet spot with another record profit, but can it learn to share?

Suzanne Young, La Trobe University; Bradon Ellem, University of Sydney; Mahinda Siriwardana, University of New England; Paul Burke, Australian National University, and Thomas Clarke, University of Technology Sydney

Some facts about BHP Billiton. Its full year annual profit of $US23.6 billion ($A22.46 billion) is the largest ever for an Australian corporation and is double that of last year’s. It employs close to…

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June 20, 2011

The effects of a carbon tax: some harmony amongst the discord

Mahinda Siriwardana, University of New England and Judith McNeill, University of New England

At the National Press Club on 7 June the Treasurer, Wayne Swan, promised to release “hundreds of pages” of Treasury modelling on the impact of imposing a tax on carbon pollution. The hundreds of pages…

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