This discussion paper explores how Fossil Fuel Free Zones (FFFZs) could contribute to action on climate change.

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WITH last week’s federal budget slashing the forecast revenue from Australia’s carbon pricing scheme for the second half of this decade, it’s a good time to have a closer look at the Gillard government’s decision to link the scheme with its embattled European counterpart from 1 July 2015.

As the latest carbon price package makes its way through parliament, Fergus Green in Inside Story takes a trip down memory lane.

In Inside Story, Fergus Green unpacks the carbon pricing package to discover a tension between fundamentally different visions for the future of Australia’s economy and environment.