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Carbon price, and rural renewable energy now likely in Australia

The process agreed between the Greens and Labor, the Climate Change Committee, will likely provide the pathway forward…rural communities in Australia will see greater development in renewable energy and clean energy infrastructure

Election briefing – climate wrap. Lexology,  Norton Rose Elisa de Wit and Dominic Adams, AustraliaSeptember 9 2010 The outcome of the election means that Australia may again move towards putting a price on carbon…..……On 21 August Australia went to the polls, ostensibly to choose, as it has always done, between the two major parties; the Labor Party and the Coalition. Climate change was one of the few areas with significant difference between the policy platforms taken to the electorate. Ultimately, the choice was between a promise to work towards pricing carbon and a promise to combat climate change through direct government support for emissions reducing activities……..

With all of the independents supporting the minority Labor government supportive of pricing carbon in one form or another, it is likely that an emissions trading scheme will be passed in the next term. The process agreed between the Greens and Labor, the Climate Change Committee, will likely provide the pathway forward in that regard. The earliest a scheme could be passed is July 2011 when the Greens take control of the balance of power in the Senate……..
It is also anticipated that rural communities in Australia will see greater development in renewable energy and clean energy infrastructure as part of a $10 billion regional development deal struck at the eleventh hour between two of the independents and Labor.

The Greens are keen for rapid progress on climate change through the Climate Change Committee. The Greens’ deputy leader, Christine Milne, has recently said “this is the best political opportunity collectively we’ve ever had,” and that “this committee will be on track fast and furious”.

Lexology – Election briefing – climate wrap

September 10, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, climate change - global warming, energy, solar, wind | antinuclear, Australia, carbon, climate change, climate change - global warming, energy, renewable, solar, wind