Saturday, 07 May 2011 10:29
An alliance of leading union, social, environment and research organisations today unveiled a combined policy platform designed to lay the necessary foundations for Australia’s transition to a low-carbon pollution economy.
The platform emphasises the need for a price on pollution as soon as possible, supported by a range of complementary measures to develop clean industries and support households, workers and communities.
The Southern Cross Climate Coalition (SCCC) platform calls for the Federal Government to:
- Follow the interim carbon price with a legislated pollution cap that covers all major and rapidly growing sectors of the economy
- Provide targeted assistance to industry, in particular trade exposed industries, that is balanced with support for workers, households and communities
- Ensure no group of low income households are financially worse off as a result of the carbon price
- Introduce a National Energy Saving Initiative that requires energy retailers and large industrial energy users to save a set level of energy each year
- Create a single agency to provide tailored financial support for emerging clean energy technologies so that Australia can then benefit from the commercialisation of these technologies
- Set emissions performance standards for new generators.
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