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Forest protection CFI project issued 160,000 carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... projects," Harris said. "We have signed up a savannah burning project and some forest regeneration projects. The high carbon price will be around until the second of February, and hopefully by then, the ERF will have been organised and legislated." See ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... calculating and implementing price reductions for mass consumer products will be more difficult, and amendments to the carbon price repeal bill inserted at the behest of the Palmer United Party will create new, if temporary, reporting requirements for ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... 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, which is held by the Liberal ...

CCA final report reveals future policy shock for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... that is something we would encourage them to do." The CCA's analysis "frames the uncertainty created by the proposed carbon price repeal and development of the Emissions Reduction Fund as a short-term trend," the IGCC said. This creates climate policy ...

RepuTex: DAP could achieve more reductions than CPM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The government's proposed Direct Action Plan (DAP) could lead to more domestic emissions reductions than the carbon price mechanism, if the policy is supported by absolute emissions baselines and an obligation for companies to offset any emissions above ...

NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Harris said. "If you have to buy the seedlings and prepare the land and then plant, its' expensive at the current carbon price and projected carbon price as well."

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... are covered by the carbon pricing legislation will have to continue to comply with it, and will need to recover the carbon price for the 2014/2015 compliance year. Most of them will continue doing that under existing contractual arrangements put in place ...

Carbon price uncertainty erodes business investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... sectors, and 180 companies responded. Just under 15% of those responding reported that they were liable to pay the carbon price, while 45% said that the carbon price had influenced their business strategy. Of the 180 respondents, 81% were from mainstream ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... won't meet renewable energy targets. Also, it's likely that electricity prices will increase not decrease of the carbon price is repealed. We're likely to have less wind energy - because it doesn't have any input costs, it's cheaper to run and that helps ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... bills to implement the changes required to bring forward the move to the flexible emissions trading scheme (ETS) carbon price period to 2014. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright The changes proposed in Starting Emissions Trading on 1 July 2014 ...