People & associates
Alan Moran
Taxpayers bear the cost of dumping coal
The Commonwealth's carbon tax hits all Australians by increasing the costs of goods and services. The Treasury forecasts this cost at $863 a year...
Boot-strapping on a carbon tax
Australia accounts for a trivial share of global emissions. Abatement action can only be meaningful if it is part of an international movement. But...
Do you know what I want, what I really, really want?
The annual report of the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission demonstrates the regulatory burden imposed by the State Government...
Energy price increases: hiding behind treasury's Pollyanna forecasts
Lane Crockett of wind farm builder Pacific Hydro accuses "groups such as the IPA" of blaming "a soft target like (the Renewable Energy Target) RET...
Meeting CO2 targets via carbon price will hurt
It's astonishing that Ross Garnaut takes himself so seriously in the face of collapsing support in Australia and elsewhere for a carbon tax and...
Access to land the root of soaring house prices
In 2004, a report by the Commonwealth's normally reliable Productivity Commission (PC) completely misread the causes of high house prices. It...
Consumers and business will feel the pain of emissions tax
Ostensibly, the opposition and the government have similar policy goals regarding Australia's 2020 emissions of carbon dioxide. Both have said that...
You may not believe in climate change, but you will pay
A Galaxy poll commissioned by the Institute of Public Affairs has found that only a third of Australians think the world is warming due to human...
Government red tape puts us in house bind
According to the English humourist Auberon Waugh, the urge to pass new laws must be seen as an illness, not much different from the urge to bite...
Energy sector wilts under government's solar stress
Shortly before Christmas, federal Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson announced seven proposals were being assessed for two spots in the...