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Business gives cold shoulder to Coalition climate
Apr 29^th, 2011 at 12:02am

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Business gives cold shoulder to Coalition climate plan
Adam Morton and Tom Arup
April 29, 2011

The Coalition is struggling to win business support for its climate plan, with no company chiefs signed up to spruik it as a better way to cut carbon dioxide emissions than a carbon tax.

Last month former Reserve Bank board member Dick Warburton said he had agreed to assemble a team to promote the Coalition's plan for a $10 billion fund to pay for emissions cuts, and that he expected to make an announcement about it in mid-March.

But Mr Warburton has told The Age that he is yet to convince any business leaders to join a Coalition round table to promote its climate policy.

''There has been progress with various business leaders who are very supportive, but many of them would rather remain anonymous because they don't want to be seen as partisan,'' he said this week.

The battle to attract business support followed the Coalition's failure to win backing from economists for its direct action plan as a viable long-term alternative to a carbon tax or emissions trading scheme.

Mr Warburton acknowledged that a failure to get public business support would be seen as a blow to the legitimacy of the Coalition's policy.

''It would add to the credibility if they would [support the policy], no doubt about that, but if they don't, they don't,'' he said.

The opposition's policy emphasises storing carbon in soil and trees as central to meeting the bipartisan target of a 5 per cent cut in emissions below 2000 levels by 2020. It would not force businesses to pay for their greenhouse pollution, but they could tender for a grant to cut their emissions.

Opposition climate action spokesman Greg Hunt said the Coalition remained committed to holding a climate business round table chaired by Mr Warburton and John White, the co-owner of coal technology company Ignite Energy Resources.

''We will announce the business round table as a complete package on our timetable, when the process is complete,'' Mr Hunt said in a statement.

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Re: Business gives cold shoulder to Coalition climate
Reply #1 - Apr 29^th, 2011 at 1:41am

astro_surf wrote on Apr 29^th, 2011 at 12:02am:

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Business gives cold shoulder to Coalition climate plan
Adam Morton and Tom Arup
April 29, 2011

The Coalition is struggling to win business support for its climate plan, with no company chiefs signed up to spruik it as a better way to cut carbon dioxide emissions than a carbon tax.

Last month former Reserve Bank board member Dick Warburton said he had agreed to assemble a team to promote the Coalition's plan for a $10 billion fund to pay for emissions cuts, and that he expected to make an announcement about it in mid-March.

But Mr Warburton has told The Age that he is yet to convince any business leaders to join a Coalition round table to promote its climate policy.

''There has been progress with various business leaders who are very supportive, but many of them would rather remain anonymous because they don't want to be seen as partisan,'' he said this week.

The battle to attract business support followed the Coalition's failure to win backing from economists for its direct action plan as a viable long-term alternative to a carbon tax or emissions trading scheme.

Mr Warburton acknowledged that a failure to get public business support would be seen as a blow to the legitimacy of the Coalition's policy.

''It would add to the credibility if they would [support the policy], no doubt about that, but if they don't, they don't,'' he said.

The opposition's policy emphasises storing carbon in soil and trees as central to meeting the bipartisan target of a 5 per cent cut in emissions below 2000 levels by 2020. It would not force businesses to pay for their greenhouse pollution, but they could tender for a grant to cut their emissions.

Opposition climate action spokesman Greg Hunt said the Coalition remained committed to holding a climate business round table chaired by Mr Warburton and John White, the co-owner of coal technology company Ignite Energy Resources.

''We will announce the business round table as a complete package on our timetable, when the process is complete,'' Mr Hunt said in a statement.

yeh, business is business!

COLIN BARNETT(W.A) GAVE THE BUSINESS CHAMBER A (mild?!!?) SERVE ON THE RADIO THE OTHER DAY!

TRULY INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS ARE AFOOT WHERE IT COUNTS!! Cool

THAT EQUALS POWER AND ABBOTT EQUALS GONE! Cheesy

GONER!!

GONEST!!!!! Cheesy

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*Sure....they're anti competitive as any subsidised job is. It wouldn't be there without the tax payer. Very damned difficult for a brainwashed collectivist to understand that I know.... (swaggy) *

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astro_surf Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2981	Re: Business gives cold shoulder to Coalition climate Reply #2 - Apr 29^th, 2011 at 8:41pm Gee, where is cods and maqqa and the gang? They're al usually pretty vocal about all things carbon tax, yet not one comment from them whatsoever in this thred. I wonder why that might be?!
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BatteriesNotIncluded Gold Member Offline MediocrityNET: because people died for this! Posts: 26966	Re: Business gives cold shoulder to Coalition climate Reply #3 - Apr 30^th, 2011 at 3:52am "IT'S REVOLUTION BABY.......!" [ SUNG PEARL JAM-LIKE! ]
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Re: Business gives cold shoulder to Coalition climate
Reply #4 - Apr 30^th, 2011 at 7:19am

astro_surf wrote on Apr 29^th, 2011 at 8:41pm:

Gee, where is cods and maqqa and the gang? They're al usually pretty vocal about all things carbon tax, yet not one comment from them whatsoever in this thred. I wonder why that might be?! Roll Eyes

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53061 At my desk.	Re: Business gives cold shoulder to Coalition climate Reply #5 - Apr 30^th, 2011 at 8:43am Interesting. We had Marius Kloppers spruiking the carbon tax, despite the obvious self interest to oppose it. I think this was before Labor took it up. Not even the farming lobby will jump on the coalition's bandwagon.
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astro_surf Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2981	Re: Business gives cold shoulder to Coalition climate Reply #6 - Apr 30^th, 2011 at 1:26pm cods wrote on Apr 30^th, 2011 at 7:19am: I think its all been said a million times.over You just can't bring yourself to admit that there is simply NO alternative to pricing carbon.
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Re: Business gives cold shoulder to Coalition climate
Reply #7 - Apr 30^th, 2011 at 4:02pm

freediver wrote on Apr 30^th, 2011 at 8:43am:

Interesting. We had Marius Kloppers spruiking the carbon tax, despite the obvious self interest to oppose it. I think this was before Labor took it up. Not even the farming lobby will jump on the coalition's bandwagon.

WITH COLIN BARNETT GIVIING THE BUSINESS CHAMBER A SERVE AND TELLING THEM TO TAKE A REALITY CHECK, YEP, THINGS DON'T LOOK GREAT FOR TONY ABBOTT AS LEADER OF THE LIBERAL PARTY!

THE MINING PROFITS, ALSO, ARE REALLY STARTING TO PISS PEOPLE OFF SO I THINK TONY HAS TO TREAD CAREFULLY BEFORE HE RUINS THE LIBS ACE CARD!

TO NOT UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF MARKETS TO DELIVER HAS TO BE AN UNSUSTAINABLE SITUATION FOR ANY POLITICAL PARTY LEADER BUT ESPECIALLY AS LIBERAL PARTY LEADER! Shocked

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BatteriesNotIncluded Gold Member Offline MediocrityNET: because people died for this! Posts: 26966	Re: Business gives cold shoulder to Coalition climate Reply #8 - May 4^th, 2011 at 4:29pm WHO SHOULD TONY ABBOTT LISTEN TO AS A LIBERAL PARTY LEADER?!!?
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