Climate Tasmania

The passing of the carbon pricing legislation was a history-making event, but it is just the start of a long journey. [15 November 2011 | Peter Boyer]
“Today we have made history,” Julia Gillard told a packed news conference in the wake of her government’s carbon tax victory last week. “After all those years of debate [...]

The passage of carbon pricing legislation through the House of Representatives is a big step forward. [18 October 2011 | Peter Boyer]
There are the optimists among us, and then there’s the rest. I’ve always considered myself optimistic, which is why I’m applauding the seismic shift that happened in Canberra last week.
I had thought I’d devote [...]

Conspiracy theorists and deniers of climate science findings are an influential undercurrent in the Coalition’s contribution to the carbon price debate. [27 September 2011 | Peter Boyer]

Nearly two years ago, just before Tony Abbott won leadership of his party from Malcolm Turnbull by a single vote, I wrote about the schism that Abbott’s climate-driven challenge [...]