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Remember the carbon price? It’s a little over a decade since the Gillard-era policy was consigned to the dustbin by the Abbott government after operating for just two years.
Now, as the government prepares to convene a high-level economic roundtable this month, a suite of respected experts – including Ross Garnaut, Rod Sims and Ken Henry – say the time has come to resurrect carbon pricing, which they argue is the most cost-effective way to reduce emissions.
As Felicity Deane writes, the problem wasn’t with the policy itself. Rather, it was doomed by Australia’s bitter partisan politics. Getting it back on the agenda will take great political courage.
Ahead of the roundtable, the Productivity Commission has also outlined what it sees as the key steps needed to speed Australia’s path to net zero emissions and boost investment in clean energy. Productivity Commission member Catherine de Fontenay explains the recommendations.
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Nicole Hasham
Energy + Environment Editor
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Felicity Deane, Queensland University of Technology
Australia killed off its world-leading carbon price. As budget pressure mounts, economists want it back on the table.
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Catherine de Fontenay, The University of Melbourne
We need to reduce the costs of getting to net zero. Better emissions-reduction incentives and faster approvals processes for renewable energy would be a good start.
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Samara McPhedran, Griffith University
Sometimes it seems as if Australia is grappling with an unprecedented violent crime crisis. Crime stats paint a different picture, however.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
In an address in the Northern Territory, the prime minister outlines new native title funding and a mobile TAFE service.
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Peter Underwood, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The long-accepted idea that businesses must focus on shareholder profit above all else has fractured, with companies increasingly taking a stand on social issues.
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Sarah Wayland, CQUniversity Australia
Police receive 50,000 missing reports in Australia each year. But not everyone goes missing by accident – for some people it’s a choice or a way to cope.
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Bradley Smith, CQUniversity Australia
She’s six years old, lives in Brisbane and might just be one of the best resilience coaches on television.
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Sandra Garrido, Western Sydney University
Those songs act as a musical key to a neurological time capsule that transports us back to the intense emotions of our adolescent brain – a time of many firsts.
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Liz Evans, University of Tasmania
A vivid Torres Strait Islander story emphasising the tragedy of colonial rule and a slow-burning postwar tale of a white woman in Japan are engaging historical novels.
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Politics + Society
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Karen Scott, University of Canterbury
The UK has said it will recognise Palestine unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and humanitarian aid resumes. But this could set a dangerous legal precedent.
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Gabrielle Appleby, UNSW Sydney
As freedom of information disclosures decrease and less documents are available for public scrutiny, we need better ways to hold politicians to account.
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Melissa Conley Tyler, The University of Melbourne; Emilie Hung-Ling He, The University of Queensland
Multilateralism without the US has its limitations, but it still holds the potential for tangible, incremental progress on global challenges.
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Health + Medicine
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Lisa Martin, The University of Western Australia
Staying warm in winter is important, but so is staying safe. So a little caution can go a long way to prevent serious injury.
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Environment + Energy
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Emily M. Ogier, University of Tasmania; Gretta Pecl, University of Tasmania; Tiffany Morrison, The University of Melbourne
Farming seaweed, changing ocean chemistry, breeding corals and restoring mangroves could help fight climate change – if assessed and managed responsibly.
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Science + Technology
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Konstantine Panegyres, The University of Western Australia
Huge upheavals of the land and sea were facts of life in the ancient world, just as they are today.
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All Trump’s friends
"It seems to be an outrageous insanity because without Murdoch and the Fox narrative, Trump would never have won the Presidency. Now he’s putting both his leading supporters – Murdoch and Musk – in his vitriolic sights? When shooting yourself in the foot, would you use a double barrelled shotgun?"
Antoni Sappell
How we parent
"An excellent and timely article on the serious but hidden problem of parental coercive control. As a child, I was thrashed for even minor infringements of my mother’s commands. Even now at the age of 82, I can remember a conversation my mother had with our next door neighbour about what was the best ‘stick’ to use to discipline a child where the stick wouldn’t break! (The cane handle of a fluffy wooden duster.) The challenge came for me when my mother was diagnosed with dementia and I had to support her as she transitioned to a nursing home. I realised that I needed counselling to care for a mother who hadn’t shown me a lot of care throughout my childhood.
Sessions with a grief and loss counsellor did wonders for me to offload all my childhood resentments and give my mother the support she needed in her final years of life."
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