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Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... of AU$23/ton of carbon dioxide, increasing by 2.5%in real terms per annum and transitioning to a market-based emissions trading scheme from 2015. Australia's carbon tax marks the first time that a major coal exporting country has introduced a price on ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... rising by 5% p.a. in nominal terms in the second and third year. There would be a transition to a cap-and-trade emissions trading scheme from 1 July 2015. The government has proposed EITE assistance in the form of free permits allocated to producers ...

Institutional investors begin analysis of carbon tax impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... and only around 500 businesses are expected to be subject to the tax. From 2015, the scheme will convert to an emissions trading scheme, allowing the carbon price to then be set by the market and permits to be traded. Helga Birgden Having a concrete ...

Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... and only around 500 businesses are expected to be subject to the tax. From 2015, the scheme will convert to an emissions trading scheme, allowing the carbon price to then be set by the market and permits to be traded. The Australian Council of Superannuation ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... the move to clean energy, identifying over 1,000 measures to reduce carbon emissions. "Some have introduced emissions trading schemes (ETSs), and all have in place a range of more limited, less direct measures, such as mandatory renewable energy targets ...

Swan: carbon price vital for first-rate, first-world economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... 0.1%, Swan said. If passed, the CPRS could begin operations as early as July 2012. It would commence with an emissions trading scheme with a fixed price for the first three to five years, then convert to a 'cap-and-trade' emissions trading scheme with ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... such as the energy sector, provides a robust foundation for an effective carbon trading scheme. "Market-based emissions trading schemes are the most efficient and cost-effective mechanisms for lowering emissions and managing risk at the lowest cost," ...

Government introduces carbon emission pricing plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... negotiated with the Green Party, will begin with a fixed price for three to five years and then transition to an emissions trading scheme thereafter. The architecture of the carbon pricing mechanism was negotiated by the government and the Green party ...
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