Labor’s Climate Change Minister Mark Butler has released data illustrating how a large number of companies are likely to be paying penalties under the Coalition’s Direct Action scheme.  These companies include Origin Energy, Rio Tinto, BHP, OneSteel, Qantas,...

The Climate Change Authority is expected to recommend the emissions reduction target be increased, arguing that the reduced cost of international carbon permits would mean the target could be raised with minimal impact on businesses, according to The Australian Financial Review.

In a report due to be released in early October, the federal government's climate change adv...

Will the Liberals' decision to give preferences to Labor put an end to the Greens' chances of winning seats at this election? Tim Colebatch in the Age (15/8) argues that Adam Bandt still has a reasonable chance of retaining his seat of Melbourne and that the Greens could hold their own, or even improve their position in the Senate. 

He explains this as follows:

... if Liberal voters direct preferences as they did in the 2010 state election – the last time the Liberals told their supporters t...