Jacob Greber
Financial Review
Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Greens threat against safeguard could backfire: modellers
Threats by the Greens to oppose Labor’s new safeguard mechanism could backfire, according to modellers RepuTex. → Read More
Electric vehicle Senate deal to send demand ‘ballistic’
Labor, the Greens and Senator David Pocock have agreed to pass a fringe benefit tax exemption on leasing of electric vehicles → Read More
Former chief scientist Alan Finkel moved into renewables role
Chris Bowen has redirected Alan Finkel’s efforts toward Biden’s clean energy revolution. → Read More
Treasury resumes work on billion dollar resource rent tax changes
Jim Chalmers says Treasury is resuming work into changes to PRRT on energy giants, which could raise tens of billions in additional revenue → Read More
Husic rules out tax threat against gas companies (for now)
Gas producers are being jawboned to give manufacturers a better deal – or else. Industry Minister Ed Husic has hinted that some form of revenue measure may yet be revived. → Read More
Fight over carbon offsets heats up following ‘tap of crap’ warning
“The minute you fix integrity, prices will go through the roof – the tap of crap will be turned off,” says former climate policy watchdog Andrew Macintosh. → Read More
Plibersek wants to take the politics out of environmental policing
Tanya Plibersek hinted that her planned Environmental Protection Agency would be removed from political influence. → Read More
Truckies sweat on Labor plan to avoid another AdBlue debacle
The government says Australia is tapping non-Chinese markets for supplies of the critical additive, after supplies reached a critical shortage before Christmas. → Read More
The reality of Australia’s carbon challenge laid bare
With an estimated price tag of $320 billion, there are big questions as to how the economics and politics of decarbonisation will evolve. → Read More
Post-pandemic emissions spike puts new focus on transport, exports
Chris Bowen is blaming the former government for obscuring its carbon emissions performance behind COVID and drought. → Read More
Why Australia’s energy transition needs an honest debate
Forget lower electricity bills. Just look at the sheer scale and cost of getting carbon out of the grid. → Read More
‘Climate change is here’: What Pacific islands want from Australia
Pacific islands want Australia to bat for them in global climate negotiations, say experts. → Read More
The former LNP minister taking on Keith Pitt over climate
The Resources Minister is being accused of taking the Bundaberg and Harvey Bay-based seat for granted. → Read More
Why nobody really wants to talk about climate change
Nowhere are the consequences of absent leadership more consequential than Australia’s energy industry. → Read More
Carbon farming ‘scorecard’ shows need for more ambition
Queensland is Australia’s “standout” carbon farming jurisdiction, according to an industry scorecard. → Read More
The ‘biggest issue facing business’ that the budget didn’t solve
Westpac chief Peter King warns without a ramp-up in skilled migration the economic rebound will falter. → Read More
Net migration to hit 235,000 a year by 2025
Business will be disappointed there won’t be more to support the economic recovery and ease skills shortages. → Read More
Greens refer carbon market ‘fraud’ claims to AG
There are growing calls for an inquiry into the integrity of the Australian carbon market. → Read More
Mark Carney on AGL, the carbon transition and Ukraine’s impact
Mark Carney of Brookfield on the carbon transition, Ukraine and Mike Cannon-Brookes → Read More
Windfall for farmers as government changes carbon credit rules
Carbon farmers could be almost $2.6 billion better off under Australian Carbon Credit Units contract changes. → Read More