St George of the Garden wrote on Nov 12^th, 2014 at 11:48am:


My bet is they are holding out for $30 Million voter cash and then further unaccounted for, they did it with Gillard, and the money must now be drying up!

____ wrote on Nov 12^th, 2014 at 11:32am:

If Labor were in office, they probably wouldn't.

Trouble is, it is the COALition that are in government and who are making up rubbish about "real" 20% targets that are only designed to create uncertainty and destroy jobs.

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You really expect others to believe that just on your say-so?

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Save your shaming for the ones that deserve it. The Coalition. They are the only parties that are actively seeking to savage the RET. If Labor was also wanting to savage the RET, a deal would have been done months ago!

Poll

Armchair_Politician wrote on Nov 12^th, 2014 at 1:43pm:



Thanks for your input. Your poll adds so much to the debate.

____ wrote on Nov 12^th, 2014 at 1:50pm:

Why are you so hung up about Labor when it's the Coalition that want to do the real damage by seeking to impose a 40% cut without negotiation or compromise?

Bam wrote on Nov 12^th, 2014 at 2:03pm:



Labor are not the friends of voters who require action on AGW via renewable energy. Labor are addicted to coal and coal donations to Labor.

For someone so switched on Bam, I am surprised by you ignorance.

DaS Energy wrote on Nov 12^th, 2014 at 2:24pm:



Two studies released today point the way for Prime Minister Gillard to lift Australia's emissions reduction targets to the ambitious levels that the science demands.

With the Prime Minister due to release her government's climate plans shortly, the Pew Centre has released a study of outback carbon showing the potential to sequester a billion tonnes of carbon with better management of our outback ecosystems.

Melbourne University's Energy Institute and Beyond Zero Emissions are also today officially publishing a report launched by Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Christine Milne, in Canberra last month showing that it is technically achievable for Australia to move to 100% renewable energy within a decade.

"These timely reports show the Prime Minister just how much can be achieved if we lift our sights and head for what the climate science demands - zero net emissions as fast as possible," Senator Milne said.

"I was delighted to launch the Zero Carbon Australia stationary energy report here in Canberra last month as it really lifts the bar for everyone else.

"You might not agree with everything in the report, but nobody should be able to get away anymore with simply asserting that it can't be done without being challenged to justify it.

"If Prime Minister Gillard, as expected, announced more ad hoc measures for individual renewable energy projects, she should be challenged as to why she is not planning for the full transformation of Australia's energy networks.

"Why will she not embrace a gross national feed-in tariff that can drive that transformation? Why is she sticking with policies that will keep renewable energy on the sidelines?

"The Pew Centre's Outback Carbon report similarly points the way to huge untapped emissions reductions if the government is willing to embrace them.

"We need substantial investment in techniques to measure terrestrial carbon and in helping the stewards of our land - indigenous people, farmers, land care groups - to make the changes needed to tap the huge potential that is there.

"The Australia government also needs to play a positive role in global negotiations to work out the best way to account for emissions and savings from this sector instead of playing spoiler as it has done for so many years.

"This is an exciting time. We could be making huge strides to improve our lives and protect the climate if only we could lift our sights to what we can and must achieve."

http://christine-milne.greensmps.org.au/content/media-releases/outback-carbon-an...

DaS Energy wrote on Nov 12^th, 2014 at 2:36pm:




Is there any self interest in your propaganda?