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October 2003
January 2003
Missing the target: An analysis of Australian Government greenhouse spending
Analyses the current levels of spending on greenhouse programs by the Australian Government with a view to relating this spending to the task of meeting the Kyoto Protocol target; comparing the levels of spending in Australia with that of other developed countries; discussing the role of spending on renewable energy technology and drawing conclusions on
October 2002
Long-Term Greenhouse Gas Scenarios
The world’s scientists have warned that the nations of the world will need to shift to a low-carbon future in order to avoid dangerous changes to the global climate. Even the Federal Environment Minister admits that Australia will need to cut greenhouse gas emission by 60 per cent or more. This report is ground breaking
August 2002
July 2002
The Economics of Reducing Greenhouse Gases
A paper that argues that models projecting the cost of emissions abatement (including the IPCC’s own models) do not take adequate account of low- or zero-cost opportunities for abatement, technological changes or the impact of government policies, including a possible carbon tax.
January 2002
The Aluminium Smelting Industry: Structure, market power, subsidies and greenhouse gas emissions
The industry in Australia and throughout the world is dominated by a handful of multinationals that have obtained highly favourable arrangements from governments. This paper analyses the structure, ownership, energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions of the aluminium smelting industry to examine the likelihood of its relocating offshore and test the consequences, both economic and
November 2001
With Friends Like Bjorn Lomborg, Environmentalists Don’t Need Enemies
Clive Hamilton and Hal Turton respond critically to some of the recent claims made in bestselling book ‘The Skeptical Environmentalist’ by Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish statistician who claims to be an environmentalist. They argue that Lomborg’s analysis is both too amateur and too simplistic to be taken seriously.
Why cutting Australia’s greenhouse gases will be good for regional jobs
This article explains some of the ways in which regional communities benefit and could continue to benefit from a shift from non-renewable to renewable energy generation, based on the assumption that the decline of non-renewables is inevitable and therefore we should be proactive. Examples show how sustainable energy projects create long term job opportunities and
October 2001
Climate Change and Commonwealth Nations
Climate change is expected to have severe adverse impacts on the majority of Commonwealth countries, especially developing country members. Australia has displayed a callous disregard for the future well-being of the poorest and most vulnerable members of the Commonwealth.
September 2001
Comprehensive emissions per capita for industrialised countries
Analysis of IPCC data from 1998 evidencing Australia remains the highest per capita emitter of greenhouse gases of Kyoto countries, due principally to a large agricultural sector and continued land-use change as a source of emissions.
October 2000
Taxing Concern? The Performance of the Green Power Scheme in Australia
This paper examines the effectiveness of the Green Power scheme in encouraging the use of low-emission forms of electricity.
June 2000
The Development of Australia’s Position on Climate Change and its Implications
Submission Number 6 to The Senate Reference Committee Inquiry into Australia’s Response to Global Warming
March 2000
Assessment of Policies: The Greenhouse Challenge Program
Submission No. 5 to the Senate Environment References Committee Inquiry into Australia’s Response to Global Warming
January 2000
Land-use change and Australia’s Kyoto target
Submission No. 4 to the Senate Environment References Committee Inquiry into Australia’s Response to Global Warming
December 1999
Population Growth and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
This paper is the first comprehensive investigation of the relationship between population growth and greenhouse gas emissions in Australia. There are four parts to the analysis each of which reaches some striking conclusions.
November 1999
Common Misconceptions in the Climate Change Debate
Submission Number 2 to The Senate Reference Committee Inquiry into Australia’s Response to Global Warming
Greenhouse gas emissions per capita of Annex B Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
A submission to the Senate Environment References Committee Inquiry into Australia’s Response to Global Warming
Common Misconceptions in the Climate Change Debate
A submission to the Senate Environment References Committee Inquiry into Australia’s Response to Global Warming
Subsidies to the aluminium industry and climate change
A submission to Senate Environment References Committee Inquiry into Australia’s Response to Global Warming
October 1999
Accounting for Kyoto and Emissions Trading
Address to the Taxation Institute of Australia’s Corporate Tax Intensive Conference, Sheraton Towers, Melbourne
August 1999
Business Tax Reform and the Environment: Emissions trading as a tax reform option
The purpose of this paper is to explore a number of feasible reforms to business taxation that go further than the Ralph review. It argues for the early introduction of a domestic emissions trading system as part of the tax restructuring program, in order to address our greenhouse commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. It recommends
June 1999
The Environmental Implications of the Revised ANTS Package
The ANTS will result in an increase of greenhouse gas emissions. The reduction in fuel prices and the relaxed standards on public transport will result in pollution that cannot be offset by the carbon sink and GST exemption policies they are implementing. The revised ANTS program will not get Australian to meet its obligations to
December 1998
The Privatisation of ACTEW: The fiscal, efficiency and service quality implications of the proposed sale of ACT Electricity and Water
This report evaluates the impact of the privatisation of ACTEW on the financial position of the ACT public sector. In so doing, it examines the structure of ACTEW and the impact of the competitive electricity market on ACTEW’s profitability. It also assesses the options for dealing with the government’s unfunded superannuation liability. It concludes that
September 1998
The GST Package and Air Pollution
This report evaluates the likely effects on atmospheric emissions of the proposed changes in indirect taxes put forward in the Coalition’s GST Tax Package. While there is no mention of the environment in the Tax Package, changes in prices of energy intensive activities induced by the Tax Package may affect energy consumption and thus atmospheric