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Professor Ross Garnaut, who led the 2008 Garnaut Climate Change Review:

It's true that we're only part of the world community, and this is a global problem. And what we've got to do is make sure that we're encouraging the world to take strong action and not discouraging the world. China's a much bigger emitter than us, but if you divided China into 25 countries with Australia's population, each of those on average would have half the emissions of Australia. So we're a world beater in emissions per person.

Tell that to Angus Taylor.

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On 22 December 1978, the Eleventh Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party completed its third plenary meeting. There was no contemporary recognition in the West of the significance of the meeting.

Ross Garnaut, ‘Thirty Years of Chinese Reform and Economic Growth: Challenges and How it Has Changed World Development’

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CEC gives concessions in hope of sealing RET deal by Xmas

CEC gives concessions in hope of sealing RET deal by Xmas

CEC cuts deal with aluminium industry in hope of policy certainty by Xmas. And Ross Garnaut says renewables – not coal – key to Australia’s prosperity.

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US-China emissions deal puts extreme pressure on Australia to do more

US-China emissions deal puts extreme pressure on Australia to do more

Asked where the deal left Australia’s climate change policy, the expert adviser to the former government Professor Ross Garnaut said: “Exactly where it was before the US-China announcement – up shit creek.”

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Garnaut embraces Palmer doctrine on carbon

Garnaut embraces Palmer doctrine on carbon

Garnaut says current policy is a mess, and cannot meet targets. He suggests rapid move to an ETS with unlimited buying of international credits. In effect, the Palmer doctrine, with a carbon price barely above zero.

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We can't rely on experts and mandarins to reform our politics

We can’t rely on experts and mandarins to reform our politics

In our divided political culture, there is one thing that most people seem to agree strongly about. The quality of our political debate, and by extension our politicians, is a cause for frustration, disappointment and cynicism. Journalists lament the selfish, short-term gimmicks of political and parliamentary debate. Political parties accuse each other of being captured by vested interests.…

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Our econocrats' vision is too narrow

Our econocrats’ vision is too narrow

Part of my job is making sure readers are kept fully informed about the messages our top econocrats are trying to get across to the public. They’re usually much franker and clearer than the spin we get from our political leaders.

But just because I report their views faithfully doesn’t mean I always agree with them.

As it related to the outlook for the economy, the message in the speech Treasury…

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Classic Miranda, 2011: "And, lest we forget, Garnaut is the guy who said we should all eat kangaroo meat instead of beef and lamb because cows and sheep burp out too much methane. His plan is that we would farm 240 million kangaroos, replacing our seven million cattle and 36 million sheep. Forget that kangaroo meat is gamey and tastes awful."