The conservative media might be critical but the world and Australians are applauding.
But John Blaxland, a professor of international security and intelligence at the Australian National University, said that Mr Albanese appeared to be distinguishing himself by marrying international engagements with more immediate national interests.
Source: Albanese’s foreign policy takes off in spite of critics
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Australia’s net-zero commitment has always just been a matter of us doing our part of the global effort.. But that global effort is now in tatters.
On Thursday last week – June 30 – two documents were published here and in Washington DC that together present Australia with a horrible, very expensive problem.
They were the Australian Energy Market Operator’s new Integrated System Plan and the US Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia versus the Environmental Protection Agency.
In essence the two documents tell us that Australia will fork out hundreds of billions of dollars to transition the electricity system to near-100 per cent renewables to no avail, and we’ll end up paying even more to deal with the effects of global warming.
With slightly more than one per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, Australia’s commitment to have net-zero emissions by 2050 has always just been a matter of us doing our part of the global effort – as we should.
But that global effort is in tatters because the Supreme Court has taken America out of the game. Keeping global warming to less than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial temperatures, and therefore something less than catastrophic, now looks impossible.
That means it is now more important for the Albanese government to develop strategies and allocate funds to deal with impact of climate change than it is to cut emissions, as promised, by 43 per cent by 2030 and to net zero by 2050, as important as those targets still are politically and morally.
It’s now likely that both costs will have to be paid.
Source: Alan Kohler: Australia’s expensive climate change double whammy
One might consider a better rationalizing of space allowed in urban areas. An allocation of minimum space allowed all individuals after which a tax is applied for any excess. The same might apply for private schools clubs parks and gardens as well. The control of spread and infrastructure demand needs far better planning.
The Greens have urged the South Australian government to introduce a tax on vacant residential properties after reports thousands are empty across the state.
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