This briefing note outlines recent developments in this increasingly important part of Australia’s energy sector. The paper is primarily about the extent of this resource and its development (including some environmental matters related to this) but it does not cover the details or controversies relating to how and where it is developed.

This paper traces the changes in economic thinking concerning the case for action on climate change, through an analysis of the work of three eminent economists: William Nordhaus, Nicholas Stern and Ross Garnaut. This paper traces the changes in economic thinking concerning the case for action on climate change, through an analysis of the work...

The Coalition has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by five per cent on 2000 levels by 2020. It proposes to achieve this target with a "Direct Action Plan": a competitive grant scheme that would buy greenhouse gas reductions from businesses and farmers. Over the past decade various Australian governments have announced more than seven...

This paper proposes five key tests to assess the Government, independents and Green’s carbon pollution policy package. These tests relate to: Pollution Reduction Transforming Australia's pollution dependent economy into a competitive, clean energy economy Helping global climate action Independent governance Assistance to households and industry

In many areas of Australia, demand for groundwater now exceeds sustainable supply rates. Groundwater trading aims to encourage the efficient allocation of scarce water access between competing users. This report sets out a management framework for groundwater trading that provides a structure to establish or develop groundwater markets in a range of situations. It builds...