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Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Salvatico, Vice President at MSCI ESG Research in Sydney. Under the legislation proposed by the Gillard government, a carbon tax scheme would start on 1 July 2012 at a fixed price of $23/tonne CO2-e, rising by 5% p.a. in nominal terms in the second and ...

Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
The government has released the draft legislation necessary to implement its carbon tax regime. The Clean Energy Legislative Package is seen as a "faithful" implementation of the policy articulated on 10 July by Prime Minister Julia Gillard. But one ...

Carbon tax regime to affect liability for joint ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
The government's proposed carbon tax regime will affect the way liability for carbon emissions is distributed between joint venture participants, according to an analysis by attorneys at Allens Arthur Robinson. Grant Anderson The carbon tax will cover ...

Institutional investors begin analysis of carbon tax impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... terms of the advice they've been getting." The initial reaction from the investment management community is that the carbon tax will not have a dramatic effect on superannuation funds' portfolios, Birgden said. "Our research has shown is that what's ...

Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... for less than 10% of carbon emissions. To compensate for the impact of price rises that will inevitably stem from the carbon tax, the government has proposed AU$15bn in tax relief for low to middle income earners, plus some sectors of the economy will ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... ESG development information session for our clients, providing an overview of some of the recent ESG issues like the carbon tax, the new ASX diversity principles, the new executive remuneration rules, but also talking about what we're doing internally. ...
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