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Listen—A Carbon Tax Comeback?

The Economy, Stupid is presented by Peter Martin, and published on on 12 January, 2026

Spending is outpacing revenue, and the budget gap isn’t closing.

At the same time, Australia is drifting off track on its emissions targets for 2030, 2035 and 2050.

The Superpower Institute has a proposal: a revamped carbon pricing model it says could help fix both.

Australians rejected carbon pricing more than a decade ago.

The question now is whether the country is ready to reconsider?

Ingrid Burfurd

Carbon Pricing and Policy Lead

Dr Ingrid Burfurd is an economist who has worked on public policy in the Victorian public service and academia. Before joining TSI she was a Senior Associate at the Grattan Institute.

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