Climate records are being broken by large margins and Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are both failing to offer solutions writes Alex Bainbridge.
Safeguard Mechanism
Jonathan Sriranganathan reflects on听his time in a听wide ranging interview听with Alex Banbridge听just before stepping down as Gabba Ward councillor in the Brisbane City Council.
Greens鈥 housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather discusses negotiations with Labor over its housing package, arguments for a rent freeze, the safeguard mechanism and the AUKUS nuclear submarines.
The negotiated amendments won by the Greens improved Labor鈥檚 initial terrible climate "safeguard mechanism", but are not enough to make it worthy of support, argues Alex Bainbridge.
The new Safeguard Mechanism protects the fossil fuel industry and does nothing听to save our climate from disaster according to Richard Denniss.听Jim McIlroy reports.
Labor's safeguard mechanism should be scrapped and replaced with听a policy designed to reduce emissions, argues Alex Bainbridge.
Environment Victoria released this statement on May 5.
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Analysis by Environment Victoria has revealed that Australia鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions could rise by up to 20% without breaching the proposed Safeguard Mechanism in the Abbott government鈥檚 Emissions Reduction Fund because of the government鈥檚 proposed 鈥渟pecial treatment鈥 of coal generators in the electricity sector.