Commonwealth departments and state and local governments would adopt more explicit ‘green procurement’ policies under measures recommended by a Senate committee.
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Mixed reaction to environment ministers’ recycling agreement
Local government welcomes new pledge to tackle waste but recycling industry says implementation detail and funding are missing.
Opinion – Hot summer, but no end to climate wars
Record-breaking temperatures across Australia have seen no end to the continued bickering over climate and energy policy in Australia. The release of Keating-era cabinet papers from 1994 show that the…
Even the Productivity Commission wants a carbon price – OPINION
They didn’t make a big deal of it, but the Productivity Commission’s new five-year overview report, commissioned by the Federal Government, has recommended the introduction of a carbon price. The…
$5 billion fund has done nothing
The Federal Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF), announced with great fanfare 18 months ago, has yet to invest in single project. “This facility will provide financing to build the…
Senate fight looms over the deep blue sea
Cutbacks to marine protection in the Coral Sea will meet fierce opposition in the Senate, and even the ocean is predicted to fight back.
The Spinning Economy: Clover Moore tells Sydney business to go ride a bike
Velocentric growth model.
Turnbull ministry tweaks quietly demolish Abbott’s policy agenda
Subtle, smart reforms lead rebuilding
No numbers kept on Centrepay consumer leasing rorts
Ask no questions, get no stats.
Crackdown looms for Centrelink big screen TV renters
Payne readies for intervention on exploitative leasing bottom feeders.
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