Carbon pollution: reduction scheme or soft option?

Patrick Hodder / Australian Review of Public Affairs
Concessions to major polluters undermine the effectiveness of the government’s proposed emissions trading scheme by delaying indefinitely any carbon reduction. Why is the government about to introduce a policy that won’t work? And what might make them change tack? Posted 14-10-2008

Rudd tells industry emissions trading cost is inevitable

3/09/2008 - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has delivered a sharp rebuke to big business for seeking emissions trading concessions.

Rudd tonight told a gathering of the Australian Industry (Ai) Group that trying to avoid financial pain under the coming trading scheme was "not do-able".