http://australianpolitics.com Resources, News & Commentary from Malcolm Farnsworth Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:23:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Resources, News & Commentary from Malcolm Farnsworth AustralianPolitics.com no Resources, News & Commentary from Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://australianpolitics.com/category/issues/climate-change-issues http://australianpolitics.com/2011/12/09/carbon-tax-legislation-becomes-law.html http://australianpolitics.com/2011/12/09/carbon-tax-legislation-becomes-law.html#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:32:07 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=4676 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/12/09/carbon-tax-legislation-becomes-law.html/feed 0 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/09/14/compare-the-pair.html http://australianpolitics.com/2011/09/14/compare-the-pair.html#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:58:23 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=4384 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/09/14/compare-the-pair.html/feed 2 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/21/turnbull-climate-science-speech.html http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/21/turnbull-climate-science-speech.html#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:23:50 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=4332 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/21/turnbull-climate-science-speech.html/feed 4 Malcolm Turnbull,science,Virginia Chadwick Foundation Malcolm Turnbull has delivered a speech pleading for the science of climate change to be respected. - Listen to Malcolm Turnbull's speech: PLAY This is the prepared text of Malcolm Turnbull's speech to the Virginia Chadwick Foundation. - Malcolm Turnbull has delivered a speech pleading for the science of climate change to be respected. Listen to Malcolm Turnbull's speech: PLAY This is the prepared text of Malcolm Turnbull's speech to the Virginia Chadwick Foundation. This F... AustralianPolitics.com no http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/16/selling-the-carbon-taxless-is-more.html http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/16/selling-the-carbon-taxless-is-more.html#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:30:03 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=4323 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/16/selling-the-carbon-taxless-is-more.html/feed 1 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/15/keating-carbon-tax-lateline.html http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/15/keating-carbon-tax-lateline.html#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:04:35 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=4317 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/15/keating-carbon-tax-lateline.html/feed 2 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/14/gillard-carbon-tax-speech-national-press-club.html http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/14/gillard-carbon-tax-speech-national-press-club.html#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:00:35 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=4308 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/14/gillard-carbon-tax-speech-national-press-club.html/feed 3 Julia Gillard,National Press Club Prime Minister Julia Gillard addressed the National Press Club today on the government's carbon tax policy. - The Prime Minister stressed that the policy was a major and difficult reform. "And in reform, what matters is having the right vision for the... Prime Minister Julia Gillard addressed the National Press Club today on the government's carbon tax policy. The Prime Minister stressed that the policy was a major and difficult reform. "And in reform, what matters is having the right vision for the country’s future, making the big decisions which get us there, bringing people together to get it done. So now we have had the debate. Now we move from words to deeds. We’re going to get this done." Gillard momentarily lost her composure when speaking about her feelings: "It doesn’t come easy to me to expose my feelings as I make these decisions. I was the shy girl who studied and worked hard, and it took time and effort but I got from Unley High to the law and as far as here, where I am today. I’ve brought a sense of personal reserve to this, the most public of professions. And the rigours of politics have reinforced my innate style of holding a fair bit back in order to hang pretty tough." In response to a question from Channel 7's Mark Riley about the responsibility of the media, Gillard suggested a starting point would be to "stop writing crap". Listen to Julia Gillard's speech (30m) PLAY Listen to Questions and Answers (34m) PLAY Listen to Gillard's "Don't write crap" response (4m) PLAY This is the prepared text of Julia Gillard's address to the National Press Club. The issues that have brought me here to the Press Club as Prime Minister have been big ones. Laying out my vision for Australia in a national election campaign and making my case in the leaders’ debate. Reflecting on the formation of a new Government and announcing our plan to rebuild Queensland. I come here again today because pricing carbon is surely as important as these. As Joe Biden no doubt wishes he’d said: this is a big deal. In my own service in Government, I stand on my record as a reformer. A new workplace relations system which locked in modern Labor values: fairness at work and flexible enterprise bargaining. Education reforms which gave parents information and offered them choices they’d never had before. Difficult reforms – reforms I knew were in the long term national interest, and under our Fair Work Act, employment is growing. Under our school reforms, school performance is improving. Time has vindicated the reform case. It always does. Now, pricing carbon is this Government’s biggest reform yet. When I look at this decision in the context of Australia’s post-1983 reform project it does take on interesting dimensions. Compared with a change like the GST, it’s smaller in the short term and more important in the long term. Vastly less complex, applying to hundreds of businesses – not millions. Modest in its impact on household budgets, estimated to add 0.7 per cent to CPI – not 2.5 per cent as did the GST. But for the long term it achieves a change of far greater structural significance: decoupling the growth of carbon pollution from the growth of our economy. Amara’s law is the idea that when we think about a new technology, we tend to overestimate its effect in the short run and underestimate its effect in the long run. Real structural reform is often like that. The dollar float is the paradigm example: the big enabling decision, the big change which sets the ball rolling for all the others, the big call for the future which demands courage at the time ... and which when we look back, no one would seek to undo. The carbon price is our dollar float. A vital economic reform which will build our clean energy future. So I want every Australian to know why I am pursuing this. Yes, climate change is a threat to our environment. Yes, being left behind as the world moves is a threat to our economy. But I am not just doing this to protect Australia against threats. I am doing this because I see a great opportunity we can seize. I see a great clean energy future for our great country. Within a few years, AustralianPolitics.com no http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/10/carbon-tax-details-announced.html http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/10/carbon-tax-details-announced.html#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 05:17:45 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=4302 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/07/10/carbon-tax-details-announced.html/feed 0 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/05/29/carbon-tax-ad-causes-minor-media-stir.html http://australianpolitics.com/2011/05/29/carbon-tax-ad-causes-minor-media-stir.html#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 05:00:07 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=4261 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/05/29/carbon-tax-ad-causes-minor-media-stir.html/feed 0 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/04/13/combet-climate-change-speech-to-npc.html http://australianpolitics.com/2011/04/13/combet-climate-change-speech-to-npc.html#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:25:53 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=4178 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/04/13/combet-climate-change-speech-to-npc.html/feed 0 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/01/27/flood-levy-announced-by-gillard.html http://australianpolitics.com/2011/01/27/flood-levy-announced-by-gillard.html#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:48:06 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=4000 http://australianpolitics.com/2011/01/27/flood-levy-announced-by-gillard.html/feed 1 Budget,flood levy,floods,infrastructure,Julia Gillard Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that a one-off levy to pay for flood damage around Australia will be introduced from July 1. - The levy will only apply to individuals on incomes of more than $50,000. It will be levied at a rate of 0. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that a one-off levy to pay for flood damage around Australia will be introduced from July 1. The levy will only apply to individuals on incomes of more than $50,000. It will be levied at a rate of 0.5% on ... AustralianPolitics.com no