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Turnbull’s Direct Action plan may be multi-billon dollar boondoggle
Coalition may spend another $1 billion buying “abatement” in latest auction, but overall emissions will rise because of lack of price signal, new analysis says. With Paris climate talks just a few weeks away, Australia is being asked to explain its policies.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 2, 2015

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Hunt stacks Climate Change Authority with Coalition advisors and ex MPs
Coalition tried to kill the independent Climate Change Authority and failed. So, a day after complaining that the CCA board was “partisan”, it has decided to stack the board with former Coalition politicians and advisors of its much-criticised Direct Action policy.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 8, 2015

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No more excuses: Heat is now on Hunt
Control over the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, ARENA and the Renewable Energy Target have now been handed to environment minister Greg Hunt. With the hard right swept from power, Hunt no longer has any excuses on climate and clean energy policy.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 22, 2015

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Is Turnbull for turning on climate change?
In his first Question Time as PM, Malcolm Turnbull did little to shake the impression he has sold out on climate change. So has he?
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 16, 2015

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Same same, but different? The short and long-game on carbon pricing
The elevation of Malcom Turnbull has implications for Australian climate policy, particularly in the functioning of the Direct Action policy.
Hugh Grossman

Sep 15, 2015

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Direct Action a damp squib – will not touch Australia’s top 20 polluters
As Obama administration moves ahead with even tougher pollution controls for US power sector, a new report reveals Australia’s top 20 polluters – including its dirtiest coal power plants – will be unaffected by Coalition’s Direct Action policy.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 3, 2015

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Closing Australia’s dirty power stations: That would be Direct Action
Closing Australia’s most polluting power stations would dramatically reduce emissions and accelerate the transition to a lower emissions intensive economy.
Nathan Lim

Jul 24, 2015

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Citigroup dismisses Direct Action as expensive and inadequate
Citigroup says Direct Action is not sustainable, too expensive, and will not signal move to low carbon economy. And it questions lobbying actions of groups such as Minerals Council of Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 8, 2015

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Direct Action could deliver a useful outcome: carbon trading
Greg Hunt says he doesn’t want an emissions trading scheme, Clive Palmer says he does. But Hunt’s Direct Action plan might ultimately take us there anyway.
Alan Pears

Nov 4, 2014

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Commentary

Abbott’s environment agenda is even harsher than he promised
Environmental protection is being given a lower priority than it has by any federal government since first environmental legislation was introduced 40 years ago.
Ian Lowe

Sep 1, 2014

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Stopgap carbon policies: far from perfect, but better than nothing
What might Australia’s climate policy end up looking like, and could Palmer’s ETS – even with a zero initial price on emissions – act as a stopgap?
Michael Rupert & Kenneth Baldwin & Michael Smith

Aug 27, 2014

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Direct Action policy still leaves loopholes open for big polluters
Abbott’s Direct Action policy could let the few companies that produce the most pollution off the hook as Greg Hunt reaffirms commitment to climate change.
Jemma Green

Apr 28, 2014

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