One of the most depressing and puzzling features of the current election campaign is the lack of emphasis on the costs that environmental risks pose to industry and business. Australian politicians appear…
Articles on Carbon tax
Displaying 201 - 220 of 342 articles
Election FactCheck is checking key claims in political advertisements. Here we look at the “Rudd’s record” ad from the Liberal Party. Kevin Rudd was borrowing $100 million every day. Now we have a $254…
Kevin Rudd’s move to cut the carbon price and move to an emissions trading scheme is meant to ease the cost of living. Meanwhile the Coalition would like us to drop carbon pricing and trading altogether…
Lie (v.) (1) To make a politically unpopular statement; (2) [retrospectively applied] To make a statement which appears inconsistent with a more recent statement, indicating that its maker has changed…
When officials in the northern Chinese province of Hubei recently declared their dedication to cleaning up air pollution by giving up smoking, few were impressed by their grasp of the problem. But China…
“If you think electricity is costing you more under Labor, then you’re right. Under the Rudd/Gillard Labor government, electricity prices have gone up 94%. And don’t forget: the cost will go up even more…
UPDATED: We were inundated with ideas for statements to check from Monday night’s Q&A on ABC TV. Here, our experts tackle four claims on three of the most requested topics. 1. Anthony Albanese: claims…
In his federal budget reply speech, opposition leader Tony Abbott announced that a putative coalition government would maintain the revised tax-free threshold and other associated carbon tax compensation…
A recent paper by University of Adelaide researchers shows that if one applies “cautious optimism”, carbon prices can help…
A carbon price of under $100 per tonne of carbon dioxide would help to make fossil fuels less economical than renewable energies…
Australians hoarded their carbon tax compensation payments in 2012 in contrast to the increase in expenditure at the pokies…
Like many policy issues in Australia, the public debate and media coverage on the relationship between government payments and spending at electronic gaming machines or ‘pokies’ is sensationalist and exaggerated…
The Australian print media have been criticised for inaccurately reporting the carbon pricing mechanism (CPM), and in some instances for actively campaigning against the Gillard government. Research from…
Why get worked up about our climate responsibilities when Australia’s contribution to global emissions – around 1.5% of the total - is small? Here is the usual reply. Australia’s domestic greenhouse gas…
Have you wondered why those chipper ads that share the personal stories of mining workers are still being rolled out on TV and at cinemas? In one, I recently learned about a sweet group of women whose…
In some respects, we should be relieved by the collapse of the Labor government’s negotiations to decommission some of the most polluting brown-coal electricity generation plants. The notion that decommissioning…
Can business and accountants guide us on the path to sustainability? Will business and accounting leaders of the future have the necessary skills to solve complex sustainability problems? How can new pathways…
Mr Abbott has learnt the hard way that the electricity industry is complex and that there is more to rising electricity bills than carbon pricing. Ms Gillard correctly identified rising costs of “poles…
The ACCC has been vigilant about following up the 45 or so carbon price gouging complaints it gets each day. But who can stop the politicians? Their relentless carbon price scare campaigns seek to frighten…
I sometimes wonder what planet this country of ours is on. The environmental debate we are having seems to be in a parallel universe to the rest of the world. Having spent the last four years running one…
Top contributors
-
Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
-
Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex, University of Staffordshire
-
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
-
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University
-
Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
-
Senior Industry Fellow, Environment and Planning, RMIT University
-
Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
-
Climateworks Centre CEO, Monash University
-
Professor and Director, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, The University of Western Australia
-
Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW
-
Professor of Economics, Monash University
-
Professor of Climate and Environmental Law, University of Sydney
-
Research Fellow, Curtin University
-
Professor and Director of Research, ANU Law School, Australian National University
-
Senior Visiting Fellow in Energy Systems, UNSW