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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 5 days ago

‘Why the hell did we ever drop it?’: Labor should push for new carbon tax, ex-Treasury head says

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‘Why the hell did we ever drop it?’: Labor should push for new carbon tax, ex-Treasury head says

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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 5 days ago
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Australia has no hope of curbing emissions without ‘world’s best carbon policy’, Ken Henry tells National Press Club
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    Some related reading from The Conversation that I liked when I was doing exploratory background reading for some related uni work a few months back:

    • Let’s tax carbon: Ross Garnaut on why the time is right for a second shot at carbon pricing (Oct 2024)
    • Researchers analysed 1,500 climate policies to find what works. These are the lessons for Australia (Aug 2024)
    • Australia now has a $70 ‘shadow price’ on carbon emissions. Here’s why we won’t see a real price any time soon (Apr 2024)

    I thought it was particularly funny how the first of these articles is saying that it is/was a good time to try for a carbon tax again and that the alternatives are essentially inadequate, while the second one says:

    […] Importantly, they found most emissions reduction relied on a mix of policies. The results point to a way forward for Australia, where an economy-wide carbon price is currently politically impossible.

    I don’t think I made use of that juxtaposition in my assignment but now I can use it to write a comment which four people will read :'D

    Whether the author of article 1 is right (it’s close to a silver bullet policy and is politically feasible) or whether the author of article 2 is right (it’s both not a silver bullet and politically impossible) I don’t know.

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      I read your comment. I wonder if I’m the first, second, third or fourth reader.

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