Tag Archives: Paul Keating

Australia’s slide into climate policy obscurity

Posted on 12 November 2013 by Peter Boyer

The unhappy coincidence of the Warsaw climate meeting and Tony Abbott’s drive to repeal Australia’s carbon price [12 November 2013 | Peter Boyer] Today, at long last, we’re to get a look at Australia’s new order. As federal parliament begins its final sitting … Continue reading →

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It won’t be easy to knock off the carbon tax

Posted on 3 July 2012 by Peter Boyer

Tony Abbott may be determined to kill the carbon price scheme, but it’s a good bet that the system will beat him. [3 July 2012 | Peter Boyer] It took scores of deaths at sea to make it happen, but … Continue reading →

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