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The company you keep
The number of big businesses already moving towards 100% renewables and emissions reduction targets directly contradict Business Council of Australia claims that a 45% target would be “economy wrecking”, according…
African white elephant
Australia’s export credit agency, Efic, is a government-owned, taxpayer-backed organisation that aims to assist Australian exporters with financial services. Efic is currently considering a loan to a South African coal…
Principles for Meaningful Transition Support for Workers in Carbon-Intensive Industries
As Australia and other countries shift their economies toward lower-carbon forms of energy and production, problems of displacement and transition for workers in carbon-intensive industries must be addressed as a…
Coal and gas mining in Australia
Mining has always been an important part of the Australian economy. What has changed is the unprecedented scale and pace of its expansion. This is already irrevocably altering the Australian…
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…
Emissions High, Productivity Low: National Energy Emissions Audit
…Australian’s endure ever increasing electricity costs. “Simple productivity measures put forth in the NEPP, such as Improving light vehicle efficiency through fuel efficiency standards or an electric vehicle strategy, would…
Fossil fuel subsidies
…to pay the tax makes industrial diesel users less likely to switch to electric or more efficient vehicles and equipment. Known as the Fuel Tax Credit Scheme, this refund reduces…
New Climate Index Cements Australia’s Place as Climate Laggard
Australia is firmly at the bottom of a new index of major greenhouse gas emitters, ranking 55 out of 60, putting it in the same group as President Trump’s USA,…
Indi feels the power
…energy is the winner in the energy wars. While the bad news about climate science gets the bulk of the attention, solar, wind, battery, electric vehicle and other technology has…
NL 65, March 2011
This edition of the Institute’s newsletter looks at the foundations of Australian attitudes to boat people, patenting human genes, the politics behind the carbon tax, what “Made in Australia” really…