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Combet calls for return of carbon pricing policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... community, this needs to be considered very carefully," he said. "If you think the current policy setting of the federal government is going to survive, think again. It won't. Irrational policy making will not survive. In our major trading relationships ...

Mutuals, co-ops have turnover of $104 billion: BCCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... co-operatives and mutuals in a sustainable economy is starting to become part of mainstream government thinking. The federal government's Agricultural Competitiveness Green Paper recommends the development of more farmer-owned co-operatives to ensure ...

IGCC calls on PM to retain Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has published an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott, urging the federal government to maintain its previous support for the Renewable Energy Target (RET). "Allocating capital to low carbon activities is ...

Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... long-term transition to lower carbon energy sources, it will require ongoing policy support from state and federal government as well as long-term investment from the private sector, while recognising that the impacts of renewable uptake will disrupt ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... management arrangements can be agreed with funding for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander ranger programs. Federal government reserves and Indigenous protected area programmes provide funding streams for the management of areas that are of high biodiversity ...

Co-ops, mutuals a "third way" for public service provision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... public service mutuals to participate strongly in service delivery is an emergent issue, given the current federal government's public service reform. Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrews spoke to this at a national Making it Mutual Workshop and ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... progress. "There is lack of public policy support for this agenda," Black said. "There is no leadership at the federal government level in policy terms, and the signals coming from government - not just the current government -have been intermittent ...

CEC analyses impact of removing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... plants, which would force up power prices and carbon emissions. The CEC noted that if the RET was removed, the federal government would need to find "an extra 34.7 million tonnes of emissions abatement from other sectors" in order to meet its target ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... and bring in a bit of language, and blend that in too." SVA's Social Impact Fund was established with both Federal government and private funding to invest in businesses that also have a social outcome.

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... current carbon pricing mechanism will continue beyond 1 July, according to carbon advisory firm RepuTex. The federal government has proposed eliminating the carbon price mechanism (CPM) and replace it with the Direct Action Plan (DAP). The House of Representatives ...