Treasury modelling highlights need for caution on CPRS

Ai Group has questioned Treasury modelling showing that the Federal Government’s planned Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) would shave only 0.1% from Australia’s economic growth, saying the forecast was only valid if there was a global agreement on climate change.

CPRS - Big Ask: Big Impact

“The Australian Industry Group’s submission on the Government’s Carbon Pollution
Reduction Scheme (CPRS) supports the proposal put forward in the Green Paper
to deploy market forces to identify the least expensive ways to reduce Australia’s
greenhouse gas emissions”, said Ai Group Chief Executive, Heather Ridout.

Emissions trading jeopardises a million jobs :business

8/10/2008 - Emissions trading could jeopardise up to a million Australian jobs, big business warns.

The powerful Australian Industry (Ai) Group has released a submission on the government's design for emissions trading, due to start in 2010.