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Singer Christine Anu has joined thousands of people in 21 communities around the coast of Australia in promoting a celebration of whales on National Whaling day on June 14. Many of the events will be held in former whaling towns including Burdekin in Queensland, Byron Bay in NSW and Albany in Western Australia. A number Continue Reading →
Senator Brown yesterday lost his last ditch bid to stop logging in the Wielangta forest.
The rising cost of jet fuel has once again prompted Qantas Airways Ltd to increase the price of its air tickets.Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon said the increases were unavoidable given the continuing high costs of oil. Mr Dixon said Qantas had increased its fuel hedging and was now covered for 59% of expected crude Continue Reading →
Lucy Skuthorpe in The Land Farmers should be paid up front for the value of their water and be given three years to adjust to slimmer water sharing rules rather than have the government buying allocations over 10 years, according to Wentworth Group economist, Professor Mike Young. Professor Young told the ABC this week he Continue Reading →
The Productivity Commission’s clear attempt this morning to influence the outcome of the Garnaut Review may be couched in detached and academic language, but its implications are profound. The Commission’s characterisation of the Stern Review as advocacy rather analysis can be equally applied to this morning’s Staff Paper and much of what has been published Continue Reading →
Matthew Warren and Christian Kerr in The Australian
THE Government’s leading economic think tank has launched a scathing attack on one of Kevin Rudd’s most significant climate change policies – the mandatory renewable energy target – claiming it will drive up energy prices and do nothing to cut dangerous greenhouse gas emissions.
In a carefully timed submission to the Government’s climate change policy review, the Productivity Commission also flagged a review of tax distortions that increase emissions, such as the generous fringe benefit tax treatment of motor vehicles.