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Category Archives: News
What more does the government need?
Unsurprisingly there is yet another poll on the attitude of Australians to the carbon tax and their confidence in the government. It doesn’t say anything new, except that the high water mark achieved by the Opposition may have been hit. … Continue reading
Cheap energy matters
I’m currently in Europe for work, but one of the most obvious differences between the attitudes of Australians and Europeans are the issues they think that matter. In Australia we have a government pursuing a carbon tax that will create … Continue reading
I wouldn’t normally, but on this occassion …
I wouldn’t normally post an article by a colleague, but this article by Executive Director of the IPA, John Roskam, isn’t just a corker, it’s also spot on. Well worth a read if you’ve been sucked in by the government’s … Continue reading
Economists back a carbon tax?
No one should be surprised that a survey of economists said a market-based scheme is the best alternative for distributing carbon tax pain. Markets are a technology. Just because you support free markets doesn’t mean you should support market-based tax … Continue reading
Post-carbon tax Sunday thoughts
Well we finally have carbon tax detail. In short, it’ll start at $23 per tonne of CO2-e and go up from there at a rate of 5 per cent until 2015 when we go to an ETS. At that point … Continue reading
