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Australia’s carbon price repeal: the global context

Australia’s carbon price repeal: the global context

in the news Fergus Green 17 July, 2014

With the repeal today of Australia’s two-year-old carbon pricing scheme, the Abbott Government has formalised Australia’s transition from climate laggard to climate wrecker. But just how serious a blow to global climate efforts is this repeal? read more »


The Australian Government’s proposals for a carbon pricing policy

The Australian Government’s proposals for a carbon pricing policy

a commentary by Cameron Hepburn 2 August, 2011

Australia’s Government has put forward a carbon pricing package which is, in some respects, as significant as the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). The scheme promises to be a cost-effective … read more »