[LINK] Tony pulls it off!

[Richard Chirgwin]

Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>   
>> Roger et.al.link write,
>>
>>     
>>> At 13:56 +1100 1/12/09, Robin Whittle wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Unfortunately the negative repercussions will now extend directly
>>>> to the global effort to control greenhouse gas emissions.
>>>>         
>>> The Liberal rejection of the Bill might be the *best* thing that 
>>> could have happened to climate change policy in Australia.
>>>       
>> Agreed sigh, & maybe the best thing for an expanded *eGovernment* system.
>>
>> If so many Australians support something, why can Gov systems block this?
>>
>> If bill-proposals needed all-Aussie support, rather than dirty corporates
>> with powerful lobbies, one imagines the results might be much fairer, and
>> possibly, new laws passed in this way may even be greeted with enthuasism.
>>
>>     
> <snip>
>
> The sticking point for the opposition
> seemed to be compensation from the
> increased cost due to Carbon Pricing
> ....this kind of  defeats the purpose of
> the ETS and a  mechanism for reducing
> carbon emissions. 
I have found Ross Gittins' writings about this informative ... damn, but 
the SMH searches are hopeless, which means I can't find the piece last 
week in which he explained that even with exemptions, the ETS is likely 
to be effective, but unfair.

His reasoning is this: even with the concessions, polluters will still 
be limited to a fixed amount of credits available; the subsidies given 
by the government are unfair, because they shift the cost burden to 
citizens, but not ineffective.

RC
> It is ironic, that Tony
> Abbott's seat takes in Sydney's Northern
> Beaches - low lying seaside areas that
> will be worst affected by climate change
> - guess they will be expecting
> compensation as their homes go under.
>
> The sticking point for the Greens seems
> to be the lack of scientific basis for
> allocating the Carbon Permits - the
> exclusion of technologies and the
> support of cutting down forests and
> destroying biodiversity in favour of
> plantations.
>
> Both the greens and Senator Joyce
> speak fondly of Senator Xenophon's
> efforts but don't support his amendments.
>
> Meanwhile - senator fielding and abetz
> seem to want a senate enquiry - do they
> get paid extra for these?
>
> It will all be recorded here  for
> posterity see: 24-30 Nov and 1 Dec
> <http://www.aph.gov.au/Hansard/Hanssen.htm>
>
> Marghanita
>