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Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... 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 has proposed eliminating ...

CCA final report reveals future policy shock for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... which have long dated obligations to beneficiaries and clients. The government has proposed abolishing the current carbon pricing mechanism and dissolving the CCA.

Call for EUA inclusion in Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... paper on their proposed Direct Action Plan (DAP). The government has published draft legislation to repeal the carbon pricing mechanism and released terms of reference for the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), which is the main funding vehicle for the ...

NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... environment. The Liberal coalition government has said its climate policy's main objectives are the repeal of the current Carbon Pricing Mechanism (CPM) and the implementation of a Direct Action Plan (DAP). The government has published draft legislation ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... in 2013. Many of the uncertainties related to the Coalition government's plans to repeal the Clean Energy Future carbon pricing legislation. In comparison, five ASX200 companies that reported carbon pricing as a high risk, CDP reported. These five companies ...

IGCC: insto investors would park capital if CEFC repealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... policies that can assist us to allocate capital to low-carbon activities" and is opposed to the repeal of the current carbon pricing framework as implemented in the Clean Energy Future legislation, given that there is an absence of an alternative policy ...

EY: Direct Action Plan will offer opportunities for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... EY. The Liberal coalition government has said its climate policy's main objectives are the repeal of the current Carbon Pricing Mechanism (CPM) and the implementation of the DAP. The government has published draft legislation to repeal the CPM and released ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... government led by Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said it will abolish the CEFC as part of its unwinding of the carbon pricing mechanism instituted by the previous Labor government. According to the CEFC, the fund has co-financed or co-invested in projects ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Companies that are currently liable under the carbon pricing mechanism (CPM) face uncertainty over their compliance and potential pricing arrangements if the government's proposed legislation to repeal the price on carbon is not passed by July 2014. ...

EY: Businesses need long term carbon policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... investments that reduce carbon emissions, according to EY. The ongoing political uncertainty surrounding the current carbon pricing mechanism and the lack of detail to the Liberal coalition's direct action plan means that companies are reluctant to make ...