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IPCC report highlights need for urgent action in Australia: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... analysis. Connor notes that Australia "still mostly has the policy goals and structure determined by Prime Minister Tony Abbott in mid-2015," which is insufficient for the findings of the IPCC report. "While government has made some welcome, pragmatic ...

Government launches new Clean Energy Innovation Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... grants funding for future renewable energy projects. The previous coalition government led by former Prime Minister Tony Abbott had attempted to repeal the CEFC, but the repeal legislation was rejected by the Senate. Environment Minister Greg Hunt this ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... sister campaign of the AODP's Vote Your Pension campaign. "Coal has been resoundingly rejected by the markets and Tony Abbott's agenda has been rejected by the Australian people," says AODP CEO Julian Poulter. "It's now time for pension members, through ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... holdings, and the announcement attracted criticism from industry groups and political figures including Prime Minister Tony Abbott. ANU is not the only asset owner in Australia or around the world that has implemented low carbon or fossil fuel free strategies ...

IGCC calls on PM to retain Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Nathan Fabian of IGCC) The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has published an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott, urging the federal government to maintain its previous support for the Renewable Energy Target (RET). "Allocating capital to ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Direct Action Plan (DAP). The House of Representatives, which is held by the Liberal Coalition led by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, had passed the government's Clean Energy (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill, but in the Senate, the balance of power is held by the ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... manufacturing businesses which focus on producing inputs to these technologies. The 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 ...

Publish What You Pay to take case to new government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... adoption of mandatory disclosure standards for companies in the mining and extractive industry. This week, Prime Minister Tony Abbott named the ministers who will comprise the new government. Joe Hockey has been named treasurer, with Mathias Cormann ...

EY: Businesses need long term carbon policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... the ETS and the Australian Greens also support a price on carbon emissions, the opposition Liberal coalition led by Tony Abbott opposes the carbon pricing mechanism and Abbott has promised that if the coalition form government, repealing the carbon pricing ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... the ETS and the Australian Greens also support a price on carbon emissions, the opposition Liberal Coalition led by Tony Abbott opposes the ETS and Abbott has promised that if the Coalition form government, repealing the carbon pricing mechanism would ...
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