Yesterday Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced her government’s latest cabinet reshuffle. The Department of Climate Change will be merged into the Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research, and Tertiary Education – except for energy efficiency, which will be moved into the Department of Resources and Energy. Greg Combet, previously Minister for Climate Change …
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Mar 22 2013
Forget policy certainty, just raise the RET
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by James Wight
What a week it’s been in Australian politics! Failed media regulations, a failed leadership spill, mass ministerial resignations, and more… But in today’s post I’ll focus on a piece of news that didn’t make the front page: yesterday Australia’s Climate Change Minister Greg Combet finally announced the Labor government’s response to the recommendations of last …
Mar 08 2013
Politicians right to rebuff business lobby’s scheming
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by James Wight
Yesterday the Australian Industry Group (AIG) called for “all sides of politics to support the immediate removal of the fixed price carbon tax and move directly to an internationally linked emissions trading scheme”. A transition to an emissions trading scheme (ETS) is currently scheduled for 2015. AIG CEO Innes Willox wants Labor to make the …
Mar 05 2013
Caps Review Part 2: Politics
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Carbon Price, Clean Energy Future, Climate, Climate Politics, Politics, Strategy
by James Wight
This is the second part in a series about the Caps and Targets Review being conducted by the Australian Government’s independent Climate Change Authority (CCA) this year. Part 1 summarized the global climate crisis. This part explains the importance of the review and how CCA should approach it. As a new and respected independent body, …
Feb 28 2013
Why 2013 will be a pivotal year for climate
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Carbon Price, Clean Energy Future, Climate, Climate Politics, Elections, Politics, Strategy
by James Wight
This is the second part of a two-part series about the Greens’ pragmatic strategy on climate action. Part 1 reviews how the strategy has fared so far. This part examines the possible outcomes in 2013. 2013 will be a pivotal year for Australian climate policy, and the test of the Greens’ pragmatic strategy. By the …
Feb 27 2013
Reassessing the Greens’ pragmatic strategy
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Carbon Price, Clean Energy Future, Climate, Climate Politics, Politics, Strategy
by James Wight
This is the first part of a two-part series about the Greens’ pragmatic strategy on climate action. I’ve previously criticized the strategy of the Australian climate movement, but stopped short of criticizing the strategy of the Greens. Now I think it is time to reassess that too. (I should clarify this post has been in the …
Feb 04 2013
The illusion of the reasonable centre
Republican strategist Karl Rove in 2002 notoriously disparaged “the reality-based community [who] believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality”. He continued: “That’s not the way the world really works anymore. We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you …
Jan 31 2013
Liberals Part 5: Are they hiding a radical agenda?
This is the fifth part of a series examining the Liberal Party of Australia. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 examine the party’s climate policies. Part 4 debunks their allegations that the incumbent government is illegitimate. This part argues they are hiding a radical agenda of deregulation and austerity. The countdown has begun: 226 …
Dec 06 2012
Climate deregulation still on agenda
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Climate, Climate Politics, Deregulation, Energy, News, Politics, Renewable Energy Target
by James Wight
It’s called the COAG Taskforce on Regulatory and Competition Reform, and don’t be fooled by the boring name: it could be the gravestone of Australian climate policies and environmental regulation. Today Prime Minister Julia Gillard meets with the unelected Business Advisory Forum (BAF), and tomorrow with the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), to advance this …
Nov 08 2012
Obama’s reelection won’t change anything
What does the reelection of Barack Obama mean for climate change? On the one hand, it is a tremendous relief that Mitt Romney lost; but on the other, Obama’s victory is not particularly promising. Firstly, it is unlikely that Obama will be able to accomplish much even if he wants to. The Republicans will continue …
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