Government killed emissions scheme despite advice it could make power cheaper
The Turnbull government is sitting on advice that an emissions intensity scheme would make electricity bills cheaper.
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The Turnbull government is sitting on advice that an emissions intensity scheme would make electricity bills cheaper.
The irony of the hysterical attack by some MPs is that by ensuring the scheme isn't on the table they are likely to further aggravate the problems they describe in doomsday language.
The man who came up with the scheme at the centre of a humiliating government backdown on climate change policy says has  rejection means the government will have be responsible for higher electricity prices and reduced energy reliability.
The man who came up with the scheme at the centre of a humiliating backdown by Energy and Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg says its rejection shows the government lacks spine, and will be responsible for higher electricity prices and reduced energy reliability.
As the Coalition backs away from a pledge to consider a climate change policy that the energy industry says it needs, a new study is projecting a rapidly growing mass electricity generator for Australia in the decades ahead: the public.
Environment minister Josh Frydenberg has been forced into a humiliating u-turn on climate policy, less than 48 hours after releasing details for a pending review.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull faces a fresh outbreak of party disunity over climate policy, with backbench MPs questioning the timing and scope of a formal review of the Direct Action plan.
A long-awaited review of Australia's climate policies could recommend a form of carbon pricing for power companies, but will focus on electricity price rises, energy security and cutting greenhouse gas emissions, according to Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg.
An Australian government update on what it is doing to protect the wounded Great Barrier Reef includes no new funding and no new commitments to tackle the biggest threat to its health, climate change.
This is the disparity that explains why Pauline Hanson chose to snorkel where she did last week, while giving the Great Barrier Reef a clean bill of health.
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