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Henry writes about the Murray-Darling basin draft policy in his oped this week. Click here to read the article at The Australian's website or on the link below to download a pdf version.
Water plan will cost a tsunami
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Saving energy will tie us in green tape
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Schemes to cut power consumption should not cost more than the benefits they bring says Henry Ergas in The Australian today (Friday 15 October 2010). Click here to read the op ed at The Australian's website or download the pdf via the link below.
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Julia's carbon jury is a cop-out
Henry comments in an op-ed for The Australian (30 July 2010) on the Labour party's climate change strategy. Click here to read the article or on the link below to download a pdf version.
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Energy efficient, benefit deficient
Henry comments in The Australian (26 Feb 10) on recent government initiatives aimed at promoting energy efficiency. Read the full article here.
CPRS handouts will cost the country dearly
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In a recent article for The Australian (29 Dec 09) Henry comments on the Government's proposed CPRS (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Read more here
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Promoting Better Environmental Outcomes
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Institutional design focuses on the task of providing accountability and effective monitoring of decision-making by bodies vested with the coercive powers of the state in a context where information is inherently limited, costly to acquire and asymmetrically distributed. Click the link below to view the paper.
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A case where the climate cure is more costly than the disease
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The Garnaut report's trouble is it costs the problem but not the solution, observes Henry Ergas.
DEMOCRACY, as Arthur Balfour said, is government by explanation: but the explanations must be good ones. The Garnaut report was to explain the basis for the Government's climate change policy.
Unfortunately it leaves open more questions than it answers.
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Beware green zealots
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Reducing emissions is not a moral play, it is a trade of costs and benefits, argues Henry Ergas.
A FANATIC, George Santayana famously said, is someone who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim. With July shaping up as climate change policy month, a good dose of fanaticism seems likely to come our way.
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