Australian Labor Promises to Run Climate Election Again (They Lost It) – Will You Be Satisfied With That?
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
According to Labor, imposing harsh carbon-reduction targets on electricity suppliers would reduce costs for the average consumer.
Labor’s climate plan makes it difficult for heavy polluters
Phillip Corey
Political Editor
December 3, 2021 – 6.06pmMore than 200 of the nation’s heaviest polluters will be required to reduce their emissions collectively over the next three decades under the Labor Department’s climate policy to help achieve an economy-wide 43% cut by 2030. , and net zero emissions by 2050.
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According to Reputex’s linkage model, this policy will reduce electricity prices, increase employment and promote the absorption of renewable energy.
At the heart of the policy is an improved protection mechanism that will apply to the 215 entities currently emitting more than 100,000 tons of CO2 per year.
These entities, which include power plants, large foundries and mines, will be required to reduce their total emissions by 5 million tons per year to achieve net zero total emissions by 2050.
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The BCA has been leading calls for such a mechanism and hailed Labor’s plan as “reasonable and workable”.
“It is important for Labor to work closely with businesses on details, including measures to ensure that export jobs are not unjustly risked by tightening the emissions baseline.
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Andrew McKellar is supportive but wants to make sure the protection mechanism won’t drive up electricity prices.
The Reputex model forecasts average annual retail bills to be $275 lower in 2025 and $378 lower in 2030.
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The most recent federal “climate election” was in 2019. Labor declared a “climate emergency” and promised to impose a harsh climate regime on major industry, but they lost after industrial labor areas revolted and supported the right-wing Coalition government.
The pollsters of course predicted a big win for Labour.
Since Labor took on the background of strong climate action, the federal Coalition government has embraced strong climate action by promising Net Zero 2050. Both main parties have accepted the mandates. vaccines, Labor in Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia and the Union state government in South Australia, NSW, Tasmania, South Australia.
Australia’s two major parties are racing against each other, mimicking each other’s policies, creating a policy vacuum that small parties such as One Nation have sought to fill, by promising an end to mandates. vaccines and costly climate goals.
Climate action and the Covid lockdown are both highly polarizing issues in Australia. While certainly many scared people in Australia support the extreme Covid and climate measures, there have also been massive anti-closure protests in major Australian cities, which have been dominated by the mainstream media. system ignores.
So it’s anyone’s guess what the next federal election will turn out to be. Regardless of which big party wins, there’s a real chance that the small parties that reject all this nonsense will hold the balance of power.
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