Podcast
What's wrong with the Safeguard Mechanism - and how can we fix it?
The Safeguard Mechanism is one of the central pillars of Australia’s climate policy, designed to reduce emissions from the country’s largest industrial facilities. But is it actually driving the emissions reductions Australia needs?
In this episode of The Opportunity, TSI CEO Baethan Mullen sits down with Economic Research Director Ingrid Burfurd to explain how the Safeguard Mechanism works, where it is falling short, and what should change.
A video version of this podcast can be found on our submission page.
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Kos Samaras on why Australia's climate policy shouldn't be held hostage to the past
For over a decade, Australia's climate debate has been tethered to the trauma of 2013, when the federal Coalition prosecuted a highly effective campaign against the Gillard-Rudd governments' carbon price, branding it a 'great big tax on everything'.
In this episode of The Opportunity, Kos Samaras from Redbridge Group unpacks new national polling and explains how voter attitudes have fundamentally shifted – and why the old 'climate wars' frame may be masking a much deeper consensus around economic fairness, opening the window to reform.
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The Politics of the Impossible: Will Australia prioritise its economy and make polluters pay?
In this episode of The Opportunity, we explore The Superpower Institute’s major new report The Case for Pricing Pollution, which sets out a fair and economically efficient approach to reducing emissions while strengthening Australia’s budget.
The report centres on two reforms – a Polluter Pays Levy and a Fair Share Levy – designed to ensure major polluters pay for the damage they cause and that Australians receive a fairer return from the nation’s resources.
Australian Financial Review Economics Editor John Kehoe is in conversation with TSI Chair Rod Sims and Carbon Pricing and Policy Lead Ingrid Burfurd, discussing the economic and political context behind the report and the case for practical, lasting reform.
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World Economic Forum: Building Block for a Green Iron Industry
In this debut episode of The Opportunity, we take you inside the recent World Economic Forum / First Movers’ Coalition Green Iron Summit in Adelaide, co-hosted by Greenhouse and supported by Boundless Earth.
The summit brought together government, industry, and finance leaders from across the Asia-Pacific to explore how South Australia can position itself as a first-mover hub for green iron production and exports.
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