The Australian Coal Association on Wednesday released research which it claims shows none of Australia’s competitors are taxed on so-called “fugitive emissions” of gas which are emitted when coal is dug up from the ground.
Association executive director Ralph Hillman said Centre for International Economics research it commissioned “vindicates our position all along that none of [...]

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The Energy Supply Association of Australia told a Senate inquiry on Wednesday that delaying or abandoning the development of an ETS would increase investor uncertainty.
The government plans to introduce a fixed price for carbon from July 1, 2012, with the tax shifting to an ETS within five years.
The association’s chief executive, Brad Page, said the [...]

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Climate commissioner Roger Beale believes it’s best for countries such as China to buy their coal from Australia, where it is mined efficiently.
The economist, who’s previously written climate reports for the United Nations, was appointed to Labor’s commission earlier this year.
He argues coal will be an “unavoidable” energy source for the next 30 years - [...]

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“I would like to see more Australian trade and investment delegations here,” Rudd told reporters in Stockholm overnight.
On Tuesday Austrade relaunched itself with chief executive Peter Gray telling reporters the trade commission needed to turn its attention to new and developing markets beyond Europe and North America.
Austrade plans to shut down some smaller offices in [...]

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Turnbull said Labor has squandered the mining boom and has no plan B if there is an external shock to commodity prices, China’s demand for energy decreases or there is another financial downturn.
“The bottom line is that Labor has already spent all of the extra income and budget revenue the resources boom has delivered to [...]

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Former state premier Alan Carpenter in late 2006 introduced the policy, whereby 15 per cent of gas from offshore projects must be set aside for domestic use.
The state’s reliance on just a few gas producers was highlighted in 2007, when an explosion at Apache Energy Ltd’s Varanus Island gas processing facility resulted in domestic supplies [...]

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Gillard switched on the NBN at a school in the NSW seat of key independent Tony Windsor.
“This is a transformative infrastructure for our nation’s future,” she told a ceremony at Presbyterian Ladies College Armidale.
“It stands to radically change the way we live, the way we work, the way we study, especially in rural and regional [...]

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Abbott on Tuesday visited the Ford Australia car making plant in Geelong to highlight the impacts of a carbon price.
The government is aiming to settle on a carbon pricing scheme in July, with laws to go to parliament by the end of the year.
A new report published in Fairfax newspapers suggests a $40 a tonne [...]

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The plan, which has been a year in the making, will be announced on Friday, the ABC reported on Thursday night.
Population targets and the rate of expected growth will not be outlined. Instead, the plan will focus on the economic benefits of population growth as well as the environmental impact.
Urban congestion and the delivery of [...]

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Among the 76 companies presenting are emerging success stories like Atlas Iron Ltd, a mid-tier miner that has achieved a series of milestones over the past year.
Atlas turned its maiden profit of $30.1 million in the first half of 2010/11 after commencing mining at its second mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia last [...]

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