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Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... a minority government, given the composition of the Labor Government of 2010 to 2013, led by Julia Gillard and then Kevin Rudd. "When we had the minority government, we talked to the cross bench senators as well as the major parties, and this will have ...

Australia to implement EITI standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... aware of that." The Australian government first committed to piloting the EITI in 2011, led by then-Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and then-Resources Minister Martin Ferguson. The pilot began in July 2012 and the process was overseen by a multi-stakeholder ...

EY: Businesses need long term carbon policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... carbon pricing mechanism is in a fixed price period, currently priced at AU$24.15/tonne of CO2 emissions. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has proposed legislation that would bring back the transition to a flexible market-based emissions trading scheme (ETS) ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... carbon pricing mechanism is in a fixed price period, currently priced at AU$24.15/tonne of CO2 emissions. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has proposed legislation that would bring back the transition to a flexible market-based emissions trading scheme (ETS) ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... linking is concerned is to ensure that the fundamentals of the design are the same." As a result of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's announcement, there has been an increase in trading in futures that approximate a potential future price on carbon in Australia. ...

ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced a proposal to bring forward the start of the floating emissions trading scheme (ETS) to 1 July 2014. The proposal would end the fixed price on carbon a year early and catalyse liable entities to organise their ...

CEFC in active discussions with project proponents

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... across all states and territories." The CEFC's AUI$10 billion funding has been left untouched after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced a series of cuts to help pay for a proposal to end the fixed price period for carbon emissions a year early. The Rudd ...

Report: majority of businesses prefer floating carbon price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... be a fixed price of $23/tonne of CO2 emissions generated by liable entities until July 2015. However, last week when Kevin Rudd was elected by the Australian Labor Party as leader and then re-established as prime minister, he indicated that he was willing ...

Australia to pilot Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... has agreed to undertake a pilot of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), with Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson announcing that the government will provide AU$12.7m to support EITI's activities. EITI ...
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