Malcolm Turnbull: what even is the point?
Following the Prime Minister's latest capitulation to Cory Bernardi and the climate deniers on the backbench in ruling out an emissions intensity scheme for the electricity sector, Greens Climate Change & Energy spokesperson, Adam Bandt, today asked: "What even is the point of Malcolm Turnbull?"
An emissions intensity scheme for the electricity sector |
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Chief Scientist |
The Turnbull government |
Climate Change Authority |
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CSIRO |
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Australian Energy Market Commission |
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Energy Networks Australia |
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AGL Energy |
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South Australian government |
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Grattan Institute |
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Cath Tanna, Energy Australia Managing Director |
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Dame Quentin Bryce, former Governor-General |
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Danny Price, Frontier Economics Managing Director |
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Mr Geoffrey Cousins, ACF President |
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Ms Jillian Broadbent, CEFC Chair |
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Australian Labor Party |
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Australian Greens |
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Malcolm Turnbull |
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Note: Both Labor and the Greens took different electricity reform mechanisms to the election, but both were based on setting emission intensity levels for the electricity sector.
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