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I would blow Dane Cook posted:0413 873 873 Sadly calling it got a recorded message saying it was disconnected
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Canavan condemns business emissions self-regulation to meet Paris target Minister says plan to coordinate climate response in absence of government policy interferes with democracy Big business has entered discussions about a self-regulated suite of measures to help Australia meet its Paris commitments, weeks after the Morrison government abandoned the national energy guarantee. The resources minister, Matt Canavan, accused Australia’s biggest energy companies of interfering in the democratic process, as climate experts and environmental groups lashed the government over the development on Thursday. “We have a demonstrable way in Australia and western society of resolving fraught political disputes about energy. It’s called democracy and I don’t think the corporate sector is a replacement,” Canavan told a Sydney energy conference. The discussions about an industry-wide package to help Australia meet its Paris commitments and provide investment certainty are taking place within the Business Council of Australia’s energy and climate change committee and were first reported by the Australian Financial Review. Quoting industry sources, the paper said the suite of measures would be aimed at curbing emissions, improving reliability and providing investor certainty. Guardian Australia has confirmed discussions for a such a package have taken place. The Business Council of Australia (BCA) was approached for comment. Some experts welcomed news the business community was willing to step up to the plate after the government signalled it would focus solely on energy prices and reliability, and not emissions. But they also lamented the development as a government failure. “This is a sign of just how messed up the politics of climate and energy policy have become,” Frank Jotzo, the research director at the Australian National University Crawford school of public policy, told Guardian Australia. “It shows us just how important it is to the business community to have sensible policy and predictable policy in place. Business would like government to … help that transition along rather than somehow stem the tide in a somewhat chaotic fashion.” Dylan McConnell, of the University of Melbourne’s climate and energy college, told Guardian Australia it was a “reflection of the toxic politics around energy”. “It’s a bit of a concern that we’re potentially heading to a self-regulation model around this,” he said, adding that he was sceptical of the BCA’s credibility on emissions reductions. The Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change warned on Monday that the world had just 12 years to avoid climate change catastrophe. The prime minister, Scott Morrison, on Thursday reiterated his confidence that Australia would meet its Paris commitments, a claim that has been contradicted by a wide range of experts. Erwin Jackson, a senior climate change and energy adviser at Environment Victoria, said the possibility of an industry-led mechanism was “interesting to explore but the core challenge will be ensuring it has broad cross sectoral support”. “It’s a damning indictment of the failure of the Coalition to come up with a credible and enduring climate policy,” he told Guardian Australia. “Business by itself can’t deliver the certainty that the community and investors are going to need to drive the transition.” Jotzo said it was “difficult to conceive of an actual scheme that would be implemented and run by industry alone”. But he said the discussions would send a strong message to the government. “When it comes to to anything that involves financial transactions, you need a policy framework to incentivise that,” Jotzo said.
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SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:What loving backdoor? I assume ship them over to NZ and then they just fly over here as NZ citizens
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Oct 16, 2018 05:51
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As if anyone with a brain would become a citizen of NZ and then decide to come back here
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Oct 16, 2018 05:51
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Thank gently caress we did something right for once
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Oct 17, 2018 11:25
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Don Dongington posted:No solar, gas hot water and heating, LED lights everywhere. Partially because partner and kids have been home all day for the past 4 months, so tv on, lights on, server draws a bit I guess (can't afford a low power SOC so it's an i7 3770), but for a 4 bedroom house with someone up most of the time because baby, I wouldn't consider 500 to be that crazy. Gas is 200/month atm which is gross but I'm hoping it'll go down now the heater isn't running 24/7. Yeah that's not far from our situation, except we don't have gas so everything's on electric. Also iajWife earns a good wage so I get the fun of being a stay at home dad which is all kinds of awesome.
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Oct 18, 2018 10:57
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aejix posted:I lived in a share house with a bunch of mates with a pool when we were young and monumentally stupid and our first quarterly bill was around $2800. Who knew you didnt need to run the pool filter 24/7, use a stepladder and the bathroom heat lamp to dry yourself because someone stole all the towels, or sit partially nude on the couch in 40 degree heat with the windows open and the A/C set to 16???? Wait that's not the right way to cool down in summer gently caress
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Oct 18, 2018 11:14
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aejix posted:At least close the window you savage But then how will Gizmo get in and out?
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Oct 18, 2018 12:32
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I've only fired guns my brother in law stole from the military when he was serving. Had some fun blowing up cans full of acetylene.
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Oct 19, 2018 12:29
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As long as he had a hairnet on
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Oct 19, 2018 23:47
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Doctor Spaceman posted:I take it back, Rowan Dean is funny. These comedy shows just keep getting better
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Oct 21, 2018 10:12
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Come on Bonner, let's not gently caress this up
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Oct 23, 2018 01:44
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Anyone with an Australian sub able to post what they think the effects of Labor's negative gearing cuts are?
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Oct 23, 2018 23:40
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Trapezium Dave posted:Here's the first page, typed out from a paper copy: Ta Also why would limiting it to new houses have that much of a depressing effect on new builds? Wonder what the reasoning for that is.
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Oct 24, 2018 00:14
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MysticalMachineGun posted:Yeah, to that end... why was he even there? Maybe there was a nice warm rock in the sun nearby and they just surprised him.
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thatbastardken posted:yeah i just looked at mine and shock horror, no gender! But how do you know what gender you are? If the cops pull you over how do they know? Madness!
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