Tag: Climate policy
Grattan on Saturday: Stellar first week for Anthony Albanese but tough months ahead
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Anthony Albanese had expected the election might be a week earlier than it was, because last Saturday would bump up against Tuesday’s...
Poor policy and short-sightedness: how the budget treats climate change and energy in the wake of disasters
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This year’s federal budget is characterised by an avalanche of immediate handouts in response to cost-of-living pressures, some sound initiatives and deferral of more...
Grattan on Saturday: Albanese is ending the year well but has plenty of challenges ahead
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A week after Anthony Albanese announced his climate blueprint, Labor has every reason to believe the most difficult policy it will...
Labor’s 2030 climate target betters the Morrison government, but Australia must go much further, much faster
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The Labor opposition has pledged to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 43% this decade based on 2005 levels, claiming the...
COP26: it’s half-time at the crucial Glasgow climate change summit – and here’s the score
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The first week of the United Nations climate talks in Glasgow has drawn to a close. While there’s still a way to...
Grattan on Saturday: Morrison is wedged between Biden and Barnaby in forging climate policy for Glasgow
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“The evidence is clear: climate change poses an existential threat to our lives, to our economy.”
Kevin Rudd, circa 2007? No, Joe Biden...