The federal government’s carbon-pricing mechanism (aka the carbon tax) will come into effect on July 1 and, although it has been widely covered in the media, it is not yet clear what the impact on individual sectors will be. In a nutshell, the tax will require Australia’s top-500 carbon emitters to pay $23 a tonne [...]

The federal government’s carbon-pricing mechanism (aka the carbon tax) will come into effect on July 1 and, although it has been widely covered in the media, it is not yet clear what the impact on individual sectors will be. In a nutshell, the tax will require Australia’s top-500 carbon emitters to pay $23 a tonne [...]

The federal government’s carbon-pricing mechanism (aka the carbon tax) will come into effect on July 1 and, although it has been widely covered in the media, it is not yet clear what the impact on individual sectors will be. In a nutshell, the tax will require Australia’s top-500 carbon emitters to pay $23 a tonne [...]

The paper, released by RepuTex’s carbon analytics service in conjunction with Standard and Poor’s ratings agency, forecasts the impact of the Australian carbon price mechanism on the shape of Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) through to 2020, examining the question of which fuel sources are likely to benefit most in the move away from coal [...]