Tag: Electric vehicles
Time’s up: why Australia has to quit stalling and wean itself off fossil fuels
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If the world acts now, we can avoid the worst outcomes of climate change without any significant effect on standards of living. That’s...
Grattan on Saturday: Scott Morrison has a bingle or two on the campaign trail
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It seemed remarkable chutzpah that Scott Morrison, back from Glasgow where Australia remains a criticised laggard despite its embrace of a...
As the world surges ahead on electric vehicle policy, the Morrison government’s new strategy leaves Australia idling in the garage
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The Morrison government will this week announced its long-awaited electric vehicle strategy, coinciding with COP26 climate change talks underway in Glasgow. The new policy contains some...
Scott Morrison spruiks electric vehicles – but rules out subsidies and an end-date for petrol cars
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After demonising Labor’s policy on electric cars before the 2019 election, the federal government has put electric vehicles at the centre...
‘Failure is not an option’: after a lost decade on climate action, the 2020s offer one last chance
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In May 2011, almost precisely a decade ago, the government-appointed Climate Commission released its inaugural report. Titled The Critical Decade, the report’s final...
The US jumps on board the electric vehicle revolution, leaving Australia in the dust
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The Morrison government on Friday released a plan to reduce carbon emissions from Australia’s road transport sector. Controversially, it ruled out consumer incentives to...