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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
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December 1997
Economic Analysis of Greenhouse Policy: A layperson’s guide to the perils of economic modelling
This paper examines the role of economic models in the formulation of climate change policies in Australia. Particular emphasis is given to the MEGABARE model constructed by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics. The Government has drawn heavily on the results of MEGABARE to support its argument that uniform abatement targets would be
August 1997
April 1997
Ecological Tax Reform in Australia: Using taxes and public spending to protect the environment without hurting the economy
While there is firm public support for stronger environmental protection, action on these issues in the past has been seriously constrained by the belief by governments that protecting the environment will have large economic costs. Ecological tax reform shows this need not be the case by arguing that carefully devised measures can both protect the
December 1995
A tradeable emissions entitlement scheme for greenhouse gases from the NSW electricity industry
Against the backdrop of widespread reform in Australia’s electricity sector, this paper proposed an emissions trading scheme for NSW – in 1995. It investigates three broad approaches: a regulatory system, a carbon tax and a tradeable permit scheme, concluding that the latter was best placed to meet targets for emissions reductions at the lowest economic
February 1995
Australia’s greenhouse strategy: can the future be rescued?
The National Greenhouse Response Strategy agreed between the Commonwealth and the States has failed to make any impact on Australia�s greenhouse gas emissions. After two years of its operation, there is no evidence that even one tonne of carbon emissions has been saved as a result of the NRGS and Australia’s excess of emissions over
December 1994
Comparison of emission sources and emission trends among OECD countries
This study, prepared for the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, is an analysis of the structure and causes of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia compared to a number of other OECD countries. The principal result to emerge from the statistical analysis is that Australia’s emissions of greenhouse gases are very high compared to