How Not to Introduce a Carbon Tax: The Australia Example
On July 1, 2012, Australia introduced a carbon price of AU$23 (USD$16.92) per tonne, with a plan to transition to a cap-and-trade emissions trading scheme three years later. But just two years later, on July 17th 2014, the tax was repealed after
After the Fires: Rewilding Australia and Renewing Australian Agriculture
A much-welcome visitor slithered across my property on the clifftop the other day - a magnificent 3 meter-long Diamond Python, native to our area, non-venomous and complete with at least two distinctive 'bumps', suggesting it had recently enjoyed "lunch'' of
Devastating Bushfires in Australia Punctuate an Era of Political Complacency
Canberra, Australia, 2015. Prime Minister Tony Abbott is flanked by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton and Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison, posing for the media prior to a community roundtable to discuss the resettlement of Syrian refugees. Unbeknownst to them,
Australian Bushfires Continue to Wreak Havoc
Hundreds of wildfires have been raging across Australia for more than two months, destroying 7.4 million acres of land and hundreds of homes. While Australia typically experiences bushfires every year, this year’s fires began burning earlier in the season and