Footnotes
Chapter 1
[1]
Journals of the Senate, No. 3, 14 November 2013, pp
126–127.
[2]
Journals of the Senate, No. 3, 14 November 2013, pp
126–127.
[3]
Senate Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 9 of 2013,
Appendices 3 and 4, 14 November 2013.
[4]
Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications website, 'Clean
Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Provisions] and related bills',
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The Hon Greg Hunt, MP, 'A Coalition government will repeal the carbon
tax', Media release, 12 October 2011, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22media%2Fpressrel%2F1152090%22
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[6]
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013, Schedule 1,
items 1–6.
[7]
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013, Schedule 1.
[8]
Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates and Other Amendments) Bill 2013, Schedule
1.
[9]
Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and Excise Tariff
Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013.
[10]
Climate Change Authority (Abolition) Bill 2013 and Clean Energy Finance
Corporation (Abolition) Bill 2013.
[11]
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013, Schedule 2.
Chapter 2 - Background and overview of the bills
[1]
The Coalition, The Coalition's policy to scrap the carbon tax and
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[2]
The Coalition, The Coalition's policy to scrap the carbon tax and
reduce the cost of living, p. 5.
[3]
The Australian Greens and the Australian Labor Party, The Agreement,
1 September 2010, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/library/jrnart/218794/upload_binary/218794.pdf
(accessed 21 November 2013); The Hon Julia Gillard, Prime Minister, Letter
to Mr Oakeshott, 7 September 2010, http://roboakeshott.com/system/files/images/letter_of_agreement.pdf
(accessed 21 November 2013); The Hon Julia Gillard, Prime Minister, Letter
to Mr Windsor, 7 September 2010, http://www.tonywindsor.com.au/releases/AgreementToFormGovt.pdf
(accessed 21 November 2013); The Hon Julia Gillard, Prime Minister
and Mr Andrew Wilkie, The Agreement, 2 September 2010, http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20110620/wilkie/docs/agreement.pdf
(accessed 21 November 2013).
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Multi-Party Climate Change Committee (MPCC) website, 'Multi-Party
Climate Change Committee', http://www.climatechange.gov.au/climate-change/multi-party-climate-change-committee
(accessed 21 November 2013).
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MPCC, Clean Energy Agreement, July 2011, p. 1, http://www.climatechange.gov.au/sites/climatechange/files/documents/04_2013/MPCCC_Clean-energy_agreement-20110710-PDF.pdf
(accessed 25 November 2013).
[6]
MPCC, Clean Energy Agreement, July 2011, http://www.climatechange.gov.au/sites/climatechange/files/documents/04_2013/MPCCC_Clean-energy_agreement-20110710-PDF.pdf
(accessed 21 November 2013).
[7]
The Hon Julia Gillard, Prime Minister, 'Climate change framework
announced', Media release, 24 February 2011, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/media/pressrel/577310/upload_binary/577310.pdf;fileType=application/pdf#search=%22clean%20energy%20future%20%202011%2002%2024%22
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[8]
The Hon Julia Gillard, Prime Minister, 'Securing a clean energy future
for Australia', Media release, 10 July 2011, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/media/pressrel/915157/upload_binary/915157.pdf;fileType=application/pdf#search=%22clean%20energy%20%202011%2007%2010%20prime%20minister%22
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[9]
The Hon Julia Gillard, Prime Minister, 'Securing a clean energy future
for Australia', Media release, 10 July 2011.
[10]
Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives, No. 65, 13 September 2011,
pp 875–878; Journals of the Senate, No. 65, 8 November 2011,
p. 1793.
[11]
Joint Select Committee on Australia's Clean Energy
Future Legislation, Inquiry into Australia's clean energy future,
7 October 2011, pp xvii–xix.
[12]
Joint Select Committee on Australia's Clean Energy Future Legislation, Inquiry
into Australia's clean energy future, 7 October 2011, p. 259.
[13]
Senate Select Committee on the Scrutiny of New Taxes, Final Report –
The carbon tax: Economic pain for no environmental gain, 1 November 2011,
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Former_Committees/scrutinynewtaxes/completed_inquiries/2010-13/carbontax/report/index,
(accessed 22 November 2013).
[14]
Senate Select Committee on the Scrutiny of New Taxes, Interim Report –
The carbon tax: Secrecy and spin cannot hide carbon tax flaws,
7 October 2011, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Former_Committees/scrutinynewtaxes/completed_inquiries/2010-13/carbontax/interim_report/index
(accessed 1 November 2013).
[15]
Senate Select Committee on the Scrutiny of New Taxes, Interim Report –
The carbon tax: Secrecy and spin cannot hide carbon tax flaws,
1 November 2013, p. xvii.
[16]
Senate Select Committee on the Scrutiny of New Taxes, Final Report –
The carbon tax: Economic pain for no environmental gain,
7 October 2013, p. 87.
[17]
Australian Government, Clean Energy Futures, An overview of the Clean
Energy Legislative Package, p. 2, http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/127961/20130809-0002/www.cleanenergyfuture.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CEF-overview_Apr2012.pdf
(accessed 22 November 2013).
[18]
Clean Energy Act 2011 (Cth), subsection 22(4).
[19]
Australian Government, Clean Energy Futures, An overview of the Clean
Energy Legislative Package, p. 2.
[20]
Anita Talberg and Kai Swoboda, Emissions trading schemes around the
world, Background Note, 6 June 2013, Parliamentary Library,
Canberra, p. 11, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/library/prspub/2501441/upload_binary/2501441.pdf;fileType=application/pdf
(accessed 22 November 2013).
[21]
Clean Energy Act 2011 (Cth), section 4.
[22]
Clean Energy Bill 2011, Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 12.
[23]
Australian Government, Clean Energy Futures, An overview of the Clean
Energy Legislative Package, p. 2.
[24]
Australian Government, Clean Energy Futures, An overview of the Clean
Energy Legislative Package, p. 2.
[25]
Clean Energy Regulator website, 'LEPID for 2012–13 financial year', http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/Liable-Entities-Public-Information-Database/LEPID-for-2012-13-Financial-year/Pages/default.aspx
(accessed 25 November 2013).
[26]
Kai Swoboda, Julie Tomaras and Alan Payne, Clean Energy Bill 2011,
Bills Digest No. 68, 2011–12, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, p. 27, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/billsdgs/1185490/upload_binary/1185490.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf
(accessed 22 November 2013).
[27]
Kai Swoboda, Julie Tomaras and Alan Payne, Clean Energy Bill 2011,
Bills Digest No. 68, 2011–12, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, p. 28.
[28]
Australian Government, Clean Energy Futures, An overview of the Clean
Energy Legislative Package, p. 2.
[29]
Australian Government, Clean Energy Futures, An overview of the Clean
Energy Legislative Package, p. 2.
[30]
Australian Government, Clean Energy Futures, An overview of the Clean
Energy Legislative Package, p. 2.
[31]
Kai Swoboda, Julie Tomaras and Alan Payne, Clean Energy Bill 2011,
Bills Digest No. 68, 2011–12, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, p. 28.
[32]
Kai Swoboda, Julie Tomaras and Alan Payne, Clean Energy Bill 2011,
Bills Digest No. 68, 2011–12, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, p. 26.
[33]
Climate Change Authority Act 2011 (Cth), section 11.
[34]
Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011 (Cth), section 12.
[35]
The Coalition, The Coalition's policy to scrap the carbon tax and
reduce the cost of living, August 2013, p. 2.
[36]
The Coalition, The Coalition's policy to scrap the carbon tax and
reduce the cost of living, August 2013, p. 2.
[37]
The Coalition, The Coalition's policy to scrap the carbon tax and
reduce the cost of living, August 2013, p. 2.
[38]
The Coalition, The Coalition's policy to scrap the carbon tax and
reduce the cost of living, August 2013, p. 2.
[39]
The Coalition, The Coalition's policy to scrap the carbon tax and reduce
the cost of living, August 2013, pp 4–5.
[40]
The Coalition, Direct action plan, p. 1, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/library/partypol/LIOX6/upload_binary/LIOX6.pdf;fileType=application/pdf#search=%22direct%20action%20plan%22
(accessed 20 November 2013).
[41]
The Hon Tony Abbott, Leader of the Opposition, 'Remarks at briefing from
the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet', Transcript,
8 September 2013, Sydney, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/media/pressrel/2715656/upload_binary/2715656.pdf;fileType=application/pdf#search=%22abbott%20%2009%20abbott,%20tony,%20mp%22
(accessed 25 November 2013).
[42]
Department of Environment website, 'Repealing the carbon tax—public
comment', http://www.environment.gov.au/carbon-tax-repeal/consultation.html
(accessed 25 November 2013).
[43]
Department of Environment website, 'Repealing the carbon tax—public
comment', http://www.environment.gov.au/carbon-tax-repeal/consultation.html
(accessed 25 November 2013).
[44]
The Hon Tony Abbott, Prime Minister, House of Representatives Hansard,
13 November 2013, p. 13.
[45]
Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives, No. 7,
21 November 2013, p. 138.
[46]
The Explanatory Memorandum for these bills is referred to as the Carbon
Tax Repeal Bills Explanatory Memorandum.
[47]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14.
[48]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 11.
[49]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, p.
51.
[50]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 51.
[51]
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013, Schedule 2, item
3.
[52]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 51.
[53]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 29.
[54]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.
[55]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, pp 68–69.
[56]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 69.
[57]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 71.
[58]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 71.
[59]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.
[60]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.
[61]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.
Chapter 3 - Key Issues
[1]
Mr Peter Lang, Submission 2; Tourism Accommodation Australia
(TAA), Submission 3; Origin Energy, Submission 6; Australian
Retailers Association, Submission 8; Energy Supply Association of
Australia, Energy Retailers Association of Australia, Energy Networks
Association, Australian Pipeline Industry Association (Energy Industry Groups),
Submission 17; Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Submission
18; National Farmers' Federation (NFF), Submission 19; Minerals
Council of Australia, Submission 20; Australian Aluminium Council, Submission
23; Cement Industry Federation and National Lime Association of Australia, Submission
25; Australian Industry Group, Submission 26; Business Council of
Australia (BCA), Submission 27; Australian Environment Foundation, Submission
31.
[2]
Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 20, p. 3.
[3]
Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 20, p. 3; see also Mr
Peter Lang, Submission 2, pp 5–6; Australian Environment
Foundation, Submission 31, p. 4.
[4]
Business Council of Australia, Submission 27, p. 3.
[5]
Business Council of Australia, Submission 27, p. 2.
[6]
Mr Gary Dawson, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Food and Grocery
Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 56.
[7]
Mr Gary Dawson, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Food and Grocery
Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 56.
[8]
Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC), Submission 4; Doctors
for the Environment, Submission 11; Pacific Calling Partnership, Submission
12; Investor Group on Climate Change, Submission 14; Australian
Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Submission 21; Responsible Investment
Association of Australia, Submission 22; WWF-Australia, Submission 24;
Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 28; Regnan—Government
Research and Engagement, Submission 29; Wentworth Group of Concerned
Scientists, Submission 32; Hepburn Wind, Submission 34; Dr Frank
Jotzo, Submission 35.
[9]
Investor Group on Climate Change, Submission 14, p. 1.
[10]
Australian Industry Group, Submission 26, p. 3; see also Australian
Environment Foundation, Submission 31, p. 7.
[11]
Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 20, p. 2.
[12]
Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 20, p. 2.
[13]
TAA, Submission 3, p. 7.
[14]
TAA, Submission 3, p. 4.
[15]
Mr Gregory Pickers, Executive Director, Refrigerants Australia, Proof
Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 14.
[16]
Mr Gregory Pickers, Executive Director, Refrigerants Australia, Proof
Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 14.
[17]
Mr Gregory Pickers, Executive Director, Refrigerants Australia, Proof
Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 14.
[18]
Mr Matthew Linnegar, Chief Executive Officer, National Farmers'
Federation, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 23.
[19]
ARA, Submission 8, p. 1.
[20]
Investor Group on Climate Change, Submission 14, p. 3.
[21]
Investor Group on Climate Change, Submission 14, p. 3.
[22]
Investor Group on Climate Change, Submission 14, p. 4; see also
Sustainable Population Australia, Submission 15, pp 1–2; and
WWF-Australia, Submission 24, p. 3.
[23]
ACOSS, Submission 10, p. 5.
[24]
Mr Anthony Wood, Energy Program Director, Grattan Institute, Proof
Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 7.
[25]
Business Council of Australia, Submission 27, p. 2 and see also p.
3.
[26]
Mr Nathan Fabian, Chief Executive Officer, Investor Group on Climate
Change, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, pp 8–9.
[27]
Australian Industry Group, Submission 26, p. 1 and see also
Appendix B.
[28]
Mr Tennant Reed, Principal National Adviser, Public Policy, Australian
Industry Group, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p.
54.
[29]
Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 20, p. 2; see also
Australian Environment Foundation, Submission 31, p. 6.
[30]
Cement Industry Foundation and National Lime Association of Australia, Submission
25, p. 3.
[31]
TAA, Submission 3, p. 4.
[32]
Mr Ewin Jackson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Institute, Proof
Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 34.
[33]
Mr Ewin Jackson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Institute, Proof
Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 34.
[34]
Pacific Calling Partnership, Submission 12, p. 2.
[35]
Investor Group on Climate Change, Submission 14, p. 2; Doctors for
the Environment Australia, Submission 11, p. 2; Australian Council of
Trade Unions, Submission 21; see also Hepburn Wind, Submission 34,
p. 2; Dr Frank Jotzo, Submission 35, pp 1–3.
[36]
WWF-Australia, Submission 24, p. 3; see also AYCC, Submission 4,
p. 1.
[37]
Investor Group on Climate Change, Submission 14, p. 1.
[38]
Investor Group on Climate Change, Submission 14, p. 1.
[39]
Investor Group on Climate Change, Submission 14, p. 4.
[40]
See, for example, ACOSS, Submission 10, p. 4.
[41]
ACOSS, Submission 10, p. 5.
[42]
Mr Anthony Wood, Energy Program Director, Grattan Institute, Proof
Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 7.
[43]
Carbon Tax Repeal Bills, Explanatory Memorandum, pp 8–10.
[44]
Australian Aluminium Council, Submission 23, p. 1; Energy Industry
Groups, Submission 17, p. 5; Minerals Council of Australia, Submission
20, p. 4; COzero, Submission 16, p. 1; Cement Industry Federation
and National Lime Association of Australia, Submission 25, p. 4;
Australian Industry Group, Submission 26, p. 3; Business Council of Australia,
Submission 27, pp 3–5; Pacific Hydro, Submission 33, pp 6–7.
[45]
Australian Industry Group, Submission 26, p. 1.
[46]
Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 20, p. 4.
[47]
Minerals Council of Australia, Submission 20, p. 4.
[48]
Business Council of Australia, Submission 27, p. 4.
[49]
Dr Gregory Picker, Executive Director, Refrigerants Australia, Proof
Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 15.
[50]
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional
Provisions) Bill 2013, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.
[51]
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional
Provisions) Bill 2013, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.
[52]
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional
Provisions) Bill 2013, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.
[53]
Dr Gregory Picker, Executive Director, Refrigerants Australia, Proof
Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 20.
[54]
Business Council of Australia, Submission 27, p. 3 and see also p.
5.
[55]
Business Council of Australia, Submission 27, p. 3.
[56]
COzero, Submission 16, p. 1.
[57]
Origin, Submission 6, p. 1.
[58]
Origin, Submission 6, p. 3.
[59]
WWF-Australia, Submission 24, pp 4 and 11; Australian Conservation
Foundation, Submission 28, p. 2; Regnan – Governance Research &
Engagement, Submission 29, p. 2.
[60]
RIAA, Submission 22, p. 2.
[61]
PHAA, Submission 5, p. 6; see also Doctors for the Environment
Australia, Submission 11, p. 5.
[62]
GE, Submission 1, p. 1.
[63]
ClimateWorks Australia, Submission 13, p. 2.
[64]
ClimateWorks Australia, Submission 13, p. 2; WWF-Australia, Submission
24, p. 11.
[65]
For example, Origin, Submission 6, p. 1; Energy Industry Groups, Submission 17,
p. 1; Business Council of Australia, Submission 27, p. 2; Pacific Hydro,
Submission 33, pp 5–6.
[66]
Business Council of Australia, Submission 27, p. 4 and also p. 6.
[67]
Energy Industry Groups, Submission 17, p. 3; see also Origin, Submission
6, p. 1.
[68]
Proposed paragraph 60C requires that a corporation must not engage in price
exploitation in relation to the carbon tax repeal, with price exploitation
occurring if the price for the supply is unreasonably high.
[69]
Energy Industry Groups, Submission 17, p. 3; see also Business
Council of Australia, Submission 27, p. 4 and Pacific Hydro, Submission
33, pp 5–6.
[70]
See, for example, Origin, Submission 6, Appendix A; Energy Industry
Groups, Submission 17, p. 3.
[71]
Origin, Submission 6, Appendix A; Energy Industry Groups, Submission 17,
pp 3–4.
[72]
Energy Industry Groups, Submission 17, p. 3.
[73]
Australian Industry Group, Submission 26, p. 3.
[74]
Origin, Submission 6, Appendix A; Energy Industry Groups, Submission 17,
p. 4.
[75]
Energy Industry Groups, Submission 17, p. 5.
[76]
Business Council of Australia, Submission 27, p. 6; and see also
Pacific Hydro, Submission 33, p. 6.
[77]
Origin, Submission 6, Appendix A.
[78]
ARA, Submission 8, p. 1.
[79]
ACOSS, Submission 10, p. 5.
[80]
Mr Scott Gregson, Group General Manager, Enforcement Group, Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission, Proof Committee Hansard,
26 November 2013, p. 40.
[81]
Mr Scott Gregson, Group General Manager, Enforcement Group, Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission, Proof Committee Hansard,
26 November 2013, p. 40.
[82]
Mr Scott Gregson, Group General Manager, Enforcement Group, Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission, Proof Committee Hansard,
26 November 2013, p. 40.
[83]
For example, AYCC, Submission 4, p. 2; Public Health Association of
Australia, Submission 5, p. 7; ClimateWorks Australia, Submission 13,
p. 5; Investor Group on Climate Change, Submission 14, p. 2; ACTU, Submission
21, p. 2; WWF-Australia, Submission 24, pp 4 and 18; Australian
Conservation Foundation, Submission 28, p. 6; Regnan – Governance
Research & Engagement, Submission 29, p. 2; Wentworth Group of
Concerned Scientists, Submission 32, p. 5; Dr Frank Jotzo, Submission
35, p. 3.
[84]
Business Council of Australia, Submission 27, p. 3.
[85]
Business Council of Australia, Submission 27, pp 4 and 6.
[86]
GE, Submission 1, p. 2; Climate Change Authority (Abolition) Bill
2013, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 11.
[87]
GE, Submission 1, p. 2; see also Australian Industry Group, Submission
26, p. 4; and Pacific Hydro, Submission 33, pp 7–8.
[88]
GE, Submission 1, p. 2.
[89]
Origin, Submission 6, p. 3.
[90]
Mr Simon Writer, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Environment, Proof
Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 70.
[91]
Epuron, Submission 7, p. 1; AYCC, Submission 4, p. 3;
Professor John A Mathews, Submission 9; Investor Group on Climate
Change, Submission 14, p. 2; RIAA, Submission 22, p. 2;
WWF-Australia, Submission 24, pp 4, 17–18; Australian Conservation
Foundation, Submission 28, pp 7–8; PacificHydro, Submission 33,
pp 1–2; Dr Frank Jotzo, Submission 35, p. 3.
[92]
RIAA, Submission 22, p. 2.
[93]
Investor Group on Climate Change, Submission 14, p. 2.
[94]
Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Submission 30, p. 2.
[95]
Dr Gordon de Brouwer, Secretary, Department of the Environment, Proof
Committee Hansard, 26 November 2013, p. 66.
Dissenting Report from the Australian Labor Party
[1]
Climate Change Authority Targets and Progress Review Draft Report
October 2013
[2]
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/economists-remain-convinced-carbon-tax-or-ets-is-the-way-forward-20131027-2w9rv.html?rand=1382909118970
[3]
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/tony-abbotts-direct-action-climate-policy-bizarre-ken-henry/story-e6frg6xf-1226752735032
[4]
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment-and-sustainable-development/climate-and-carbon_5k3z11hjg6r7-en
[5]
http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/press_releases/pr_981_EN.html
[6]
IPCC Report, September 2013
[7]
Submission 32, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
[8]
OECD October 2013 report, Climate and Carbon – Aligning Prices and Policies
[9]
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-21/carbon-permits-rise-on-china-s-first-market-to-exceed-eu-price.html
[10]
President Barack Obama, 2013 State of the Union Address,
[11]
Submission 35, Dr Frank Jotzo
[12]
Mr Nathan Fabian, Chief Executive Officer, Investor Group on Climate
Change, Committee Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.8.
[13]
Submission 32, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
[14]
Mr Nathan Fabian, Chief Executive Officer, Investor Group on Climate
Change, Committee Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.8.
[15]
Submission 28, Australian Conservation Foundation
[16]
Submission 22, Responsible Investment Association Australia
[17]
Mr Nathan Fabian, Chief Executive Officer, Investor Group on Climate
Change, Committee Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.8.
[18]
Mr Nathan Fabian, Chief Executive Officer, Investor Group on Climate
Change, Committee Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.9.
[19]
Mr Anthony Wood, Energy Program Director, Grattan Institute, Committee
Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.4.
[20]
Submission 34, Hepburn Wind
[21]
Hon Tony Abbott MP, Prime Minister, House of Representatives Hansard, 13
November 2013.
[22]
Mr Anthony Wood, Energy Program Director, Grattan Institute, Committee
Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.1.
[23]
Submission 10, ACOSS
[24]
Submission 16, COzero
[25]
Submission 26, Australian Industry Group
[26]
Mr Erwin Jackson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Institute,
Committee Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.29.
[27]
Mr Erwin Jackson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Institute,
Committee Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.29.
[28]
Mr Erwin Jackson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Institute,
Committee Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.29.
[29]
Mr Erwin Jackson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Institute,
Committee Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.29.
[30]
Mr Anthony Wood, Energy Program Director, Grattan Institute, Committee
Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.1.
[31]
Submission 10, ACOSS
[32]
Submission 28, Australian Conservation Foundation
[33] OECD,
Effective Carbon Prices, November 2013,
www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/effective-carbonprices_9789264196964-en
[34] Mr
Oliver Yates, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Finance Corporation,
Committee Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.60
[35]
Submission 28, Australian Conservation Foundation
[36]
Submission 13, ClimateWorks Australia
[37] Mr
Russ Campbell, General Manager, Macroeconomic Modelling Division, The Treasury,
Committee Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.61.
[38] Mr
David Haigh, General Manager, Infrastructure, Industry, Environment and Defence
Division, The Treasury, Committee Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.66.
[39] Mr
David Haigh, General Manager, Infrastructure, Industry, Environment and Defence
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[40] Ms
Jillian Broadbent, Chair, Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Committee Hansard, 26
November, 2013, p.66.
[41] Dr
Gordon De Brouwer, Secretary, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard,
26 November, 2013, p.67.
[42] Dr
Gordon De Brouwer, Secretary, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard,
26 November, 2013, p.67.
[43] Dr
Gordon De Brouwer, Secretary, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard,
26 November, 2013, p.67.
[44] Dr
Gordon De Brouwer, Secretary, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard,
26 November, 2013, p.67.
[45] Dr
Gordon De Brouwer, Secretary, Department of the Environment, Committee Hansard,
26 November, 2013, p.67.
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[47]
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[48]
Mr Erwin Jackson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Institute,
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[49]
Mr Tony Wood, Energy Director, Grattan Institute, Committee Hansard, 26
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[50]
Mr Erwin Jackson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Institute,
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[51]
Submission 14, Investor Group on Climate Change
[52]
Mr Erwin Jackson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Institute,
Committee Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.30.
[53]
Mr Oliver Yates, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Finance Corporation,
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[54]
Submission 30, Clean Energy Finance Corporation
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Mr Nathan Fabian, Chief Executive Officer, Investor Group on Climate
Change, Committee Hansard, 26 November, 2013, p.8.
[56]
Mr Nathan Fabian, Chief Executive Officer, Investor Group on Climate
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[57]
Submission 7, Epuron
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Submission 22, Responsible Investment Association Australia
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Submission 35, Dr Frank Jotzo
[60]
Submission 28, Australian Conservation Foundation
[61]
Mr Erwin Jackson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Institute,
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[62]
Submission 35, Dr Frank Jotzo
[63]
Submission 14, Investor Group on Climate Change
[64]
Submission 29, Regnan
[65]
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Senator Xenophon Additional Comments
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26 November 2013, p. 69.
[2]
Majority report, p. 31.
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