Category Archives: inquiries and reports

The state of our climate

Australia’s national climate research agencies have issued their direst warning yet about the state of the climate, but who’s listening? [20 March 2012 | Peter Boyer] The most remarkable thing about last week’s deceptively-brief “State of the Climate” report is not … Continue reading

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Kate Crowley bows out

Departing thoughts from the inaugural chair of Tasmania’s Climate Action Council [21 February 2012 | Peter Boyer] Time is speeding up — have you noticed? As a child, a couple of hours in a classroom was an eternity, but now … Continue reading

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Why business shouldn’t put all its eggs in the anti-tax basket

The current hysteria being whipped up against a carbon tax is not a good basis for business to come out against it. [21 June 2011 | Peter Boyer] The daily news is telling us that the proposed tax on carbon … Continue reading

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