Category Archives: cars

We have to talk about road transport

Posted on 24 October 2017 by Peter Boyer

Our car production lines are all silent, but there is a future for Australian manufacturing and it should include transportation.   Cars don’t mean a lot to me, and we all knew years ago that car production was ending in … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian politics, business interests, business, investment, employment, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, cars, climate politics, cycling, disruption, economic activity, economic restructuring, fossil fuels, international politics, investment, road - cycle, road - public transport, road freight, Tasmanian politics, transport, walking | Comments Off on We have to talk about road transport

Going where governments fear to tread

Posted on 12 September 2017 by Peter Boyer

Party politics is making it impossible to get traction on climate policy at higher levels of government, but others are stepping up. The modest attendance at a Hobart Town Hall event last week belied the significance of the occasion: the … Continue reading →

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Climate-energy policy: time for a reboot

Posted on 21 March 2017 by Peter Boyer

With a climate emergency on our hands, it’s past time the parties got their acts together. Rebecca White’s rise to Labor leadership opens up the prospect of a much-needed policy makeover for Tasmania. There’s no better place to start than … Continue reading →

Posted in bureaucracy, cars, changes to climate, climate politics, climate system, economic restructuring, electricity networks, energy, future climate, hydro, leadership, renewable energy, road freight, solar, Tasmanian politics, transport, wind | Comments Off on Climate-energy policy: time for a reboot