Portfolio Media Releases, Emissions Trading Scheme
Over the last 48 hours all of the Rudd Government’s claims for their flawed emissions trading legislation to be rushed through Parliament have been severely damaged and the Government has now been left exposed for the political opportunists that they are.
Firstly, the Government’s arguments that ... (28-May)
Portfolio Media Releases, Emissions Trading Scheme
Topics: Emissions Trading Scheme.
EMMA GRIFFITHS: The businessman Opposition leader has won some applause from the business sector over his stance that the emissions trading scheme should be delayed.
But the Government has put the pressure on both the Opposition and big business, warning that ... (28-May)
Portfolio Media Releases, Emissions Trading Scheme
Topics: Emissions Trading Scheme.
VIRGINIA TRIOLI: Andrew Robb, good morning and thank you for joining us.
ANDREW ROBB: Good morning, Virginia.
VIRGINIA TRIOLI: If the Coalition has agreed to support the Government’s carbon reduction targets, why should we wait for Copenhagen to determine t... (27-May)
Portfolio Media Releases, Emissions Trading Scheme
Topics: Emissions Trading Scheme.
ALEX KIRK: But the Opposition's emissions trading spokesman Andrew Robb is insisting the legislation should be deferred until after the Copenhagen talks and the United States' legislation is settled.
ANDREW ROBB: Now that the Government has been given a truly... (27-May)
Portfolio Media Releases, Emissions Trading Scheme
Topics: Emissions Trading Scheme.
MARIUS BENSON: Andrew Robb you want the vote deferred on ETS, the Government says it won’t happen and it looks certain that you will now be voting against it in the Senate.
ANDREW ROBB: Well we think we’ve got a very strong case that the Government should con... (27-May)
Portfolio Media Releases, Emissions Trading Scheme
Topics: Emissions Trading Scheme
DAVID SPEERS: First to the Shadow Minister for Emissions Trading, Andrew Robb, he joins me now from Canberra. Mr Robb thanks for joining us. What about this accusation that Malcolm Turnbull has caved into pressure from the right of the Party and from Peter Coste... (26-May)
Portfolio Media Releases, Emissions Trading Scheme
The Rudd Government should use the twelve month delay in the start date in its emissions trading scheme to see what the world decides and to get the deeply flawed scheme right.
There is no good reason to finalise legislation before we see what President Obama does during this year, before we see ... (24-May)
Portfolio Media Releases, Environment, Infrastructure
The infrastructure spending of the Rudd Labor Government in last week’s Budget has a $60 billion black hole, should have been the first infrastructure package seven months ago and lacks any of the promised transparency to ensure that the decisions taken were the right ones.
“The Rudd Labor Gover... (22-May)