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Direct Action Plan, Emissions Reduction Fund approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The Direct Action Plan legislation that passed the Senate this week contains amendments that will extend the contract period for abatement activities and establishes a safeguard mechanism, according to Norton Rose Fulbright. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton ...

Christian Super engages with Transfield Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... three portfolios - the UCA Cash Portfolio, the UCA Growth Portfolio and the UCA Australian Equities Portfolio. There is a Senate inquiry in progress examining the death of asylum seeker Reza Brati on Manus Island and attacks that took place 16-18 February ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... about two months ago when we became aware of [Transfield Service's] involvement in detention centres," Walsh said. "The Senate inquiry had progressed, and Uniting Church and others have expressed concerns over the treatment of people within those detention ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
With the repeal of the carbon pricing mechanism passing through the Australian Senate this week, companies that were liable for paying for their carbon emissions will now begin the process of unwinding their arrangements and calculating how direct and ...

Carbon Trade Exchange launches REC trading platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Energy Target (RET), and launched it after Clive Palmer and his Palmer United Party (PUP), which hold four seats in the Senate, also committed to rejecting the RET's repeal or wind-back. The CTX REC market is an exchange platform for buyers, sellers ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Fund (ERF), which is the main funding vehicle for the DAP. It is unknown if the government has the necessary votes in the Senate to repeal the CPM and implement the DAP. IGCC supports current policies and institutions already in place - the intended ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Senate has rejected a bill to repeal the Clean Energy Future legislation, but businesses continue to operate as if the current carbon pricing mechanism will continue beyond 1 July, according to carbon advisory firm RepuTex. The federal government ...

IGCC: insto investors would park capital if CEFC repealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... investors to step back from deals in low-carbon investments in Australia, the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) told a Senate inquiry into the repeal of the Clean Energy Future legislation. "The business model of the CEFC is not an investment banking ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... However, while the Liberal government holds the majority in the House of Representatives, it does not hold the majority in the Senate, and the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Greens have said they will not support the repeal. Legal experts ...

EY: Businesses need long term carbon policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... coalition does form government and it is able to unwind the carbon pricing mechanism - which is dependent on the make-up of the Senate - and the Direct Action Plan is introduced, the coalition needs to establish what the carbon policy would be over the ...