Category Archives: carbon tax

Second-rate leadership and dysfunctional politics make a deadly mix

Posted on 13 September 2016 by Peter Boyer

The latest Climate Change Authority report highlights Australia’s fast-diminishing emissions budget The final report of the Climate Change Authority’s two-year review of national climate policy tries to retrieve something of value out of a political mess. But the report is … Continue reading →

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How the Coalition is awakening to a changing climate

Posted on 19 July 2016 by Peter Boyer

The Coalition’s climate denial brigade should join the rest of the electorate and move on. “Why did we not run on the carbon tax?” asked Tasmania’s senior Liberal senator, Eric Abetz, in an ABC radio interview last week. It’s an … Continue reading →

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Climate action: it’s now or never

Posted on 4 July 2016 by Peter Boyer

A bipartisan climate platform may be Turnbull’s last chance to make a mark on his nation. Knife-edge elections have a history of delivering decisive political shifts. “The people have spoken, but it will take a while to determine exactly what … Continue reading →

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