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A spat this morning over the release of Treasury modelling which showed the marginal economic impact of a carbon price is indicative of what is wrong with the current ultra-consultative process.
A mini-tantrum ensued after the modelling was made public with some members of the Multi-Party Climate Change Committee (MPCC) reportedly upset that they’d not been given first dibs. What this showed in turn was that even the morally righteous supporters of action on climate change are so convinced of their role that they’ve lost sight of the goal.
Labor’s halting, stumbling, uncertain progress towards decisive action on climate change has been a lesson in serial dissembling. Yet despite that, progress apparently is being made. The self-imposed July 1, deadline for finalisation of the carbon tax details, looms large.
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