Climate Change
Food & Environment / Climate Change
The Institute of Public Affairs examines climate change and environmental policy from an evidence based perspective. The IPA also prioritizes making rational assessments of the economics and practicalities of carbon dioxide reduction proposals. Knee-jerk government policies in response to activist campaigning can have far-reaching economic implications while achieving no environmental benefit.
Publications
Submission to inquiry into the Mineral Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills
Submission to inquiry into the Mineral Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills
Carbon tax calculator exposes hit to family and business budgets
The Institute of Public Affairs, Australia's leading free market think tank, today distributed thousands of postcards to small businesses across the country highlighting a new research tool which allows Australians to calculate the impact to their...
Carbon tax an ever increasing tariff
This is an edited extract of a speech that Tim Wilson gave to the Liberal Party's Modest Members group on Wednesday 12th October.
Carbon Tax Calculator
‘In response to the passage of the carbon tax the IPA has launched a carbon tax calculator that households and small businesses can use to calculate how much their electricity prices will rise', said Tim Wilson, Director of Climate Change...
Joint Select Committee on Australia's Clean Energy Future Legislation
Submission to the Inquiry into the Clean Energy Bills
Combet caught out on carbon
Published in the Australian Monday 15 August, 2011
Think tank warned over climate information requests
Published in The Age, 16/08/11
A chilling climate on FOI
Published in The Australian, 17/08/11
FOI Documents Show Combet Misled Australians on Carbon Tax
'Greg Combet, the Minister for Climate Change has misled Australians about China's price on carbon according to documents released to the Institute of Public Affairs under Freedom of Information', said Director of Climate Change Policy, Tim...
IPA Launches second climate change advertisement
The IPA's second climate change advertisement from The Australian on Friday 5 August.
