Category Archives: emissions trading

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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Orlando shows why reform is so hard

Posted on 14 June 2016 by Peter Boyer

The trouble with terrorism is that it’s an excuse for not doing the hard stuff. The president said so, the presidential candidates said so, the FBI said so. It must be true. Orlando was an act of terror, a political … Continue reading →

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