Recent publications in Occasional Paper
No Future for Manufacturing with Carbon Tax and Renewable Energy Costs
Address by Senator the Hon. Ron Boswell Institute of Public Affairs, Melbourne 28th September 2011
Address to the Revolt Against the Carbon Tax
My focus is on the economic and political implications of the measures restraining carbon dioxide emissions. First, the outcome on the climate, if any, as a result of Australia taking action alone is negligible. Not only do we account for a...
Australia's resource future
Australia's Resource Future: An Institute of Public Affairs Policy Paper By Julie Novak, IPA Research Fellow
Presentation to the AEF Conference
Alan Moran's presentation to the AEF Conference in Brisbane on 17 October 2010.
A delinked and non-compliant Emissions Trading Scheme
Why Australia's ETS won't be linked to an international ETS and why it will be inconsistent with our WTO and FTA obligations
Climate Change: China's approach
In November 2008, Dr Alan Moran, Director of the IPA's Deregulation Unit travelled overseas to get on-the-spot looks at the international policy climate for global warming mitigation strategies. This second part looks at China. (The first part, on...
Japan and Global Warming Policies
In November 2008, Dr Alan Moran, Director of the IPA's Deregulation Unit travelled overseas to get on-the-spot looks at the international policy climate for global warming mitigation strategies. This first report looks at Japan. Japan has not...
A critique of the ACCC analysis of the FuelWatch scheme
Much has been made of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission analysis of the Western Australian FuelWatch scheme. This paper investigates the ACCC analysis published last December and comments briefly on the additional analysis the...
Resource adequacy and efficient infrastructure investment
Chapter 11 of Competitive Electricity Markets
The emergence of Australia's electricity market
Int. J. Global Energy Issues, Vol. 29, Nos. 1/2, 2008