The Greens are the party offering political leadership for a safe climate. We pursue policies to transform the economy to achieve that aim, such as our Safe Climate Bill.
A well-designed emissions trading scheme can be part of a comprehensive climate policy, and it is part of our Safe Climate Bill. But a badly designed emissions trading scheme, such as the government's CPRS with its woefully weak targets, multi-billion dollar polluter handouts and unlimited overseas offsets, would actively block progress by locking in the current polluting economy for years to come.
The Greens have spent many months attempting to negotiate amendments with the government, to turn the CPRS from a barrier to action into an environmentally effective and economically efficient scheme. We have been rebuffed at every attempt, but we will not give up. We need your help to make it happen.
25th January 2010
Greens support The Great Australian Internet Blackout against net censorship
Scott LudlamScott Ludlam, 16th December 2009
The Nuclear Debate
Nuclear power was the hot topic recently when two Senators for Western Australia – Mathias Cormann from the Liberal Party and Scott Ludlam from the Australian Greens – led a public debate at Perth Town Hall.
Thursday 3rd December saw three speakers on either team, including Senator Cormann, Dr Ian Duncan and Professor Manfred Lenzen on the pro-nuclear side and Senator Ludlam, Dr Irene Kirczenow and Mr Dave Sweeney on the anti-nuclear side, moderated by the ABC’s Chief Political Reporter Peter Kennedy.
You can now listen to the complete debate in high definition on our website.
Scott Ludlam, 25th November 2009
Climate Change by Legislative Attrition
Scott Ludlam, 16th October 2009Facing up to climate change
Scott Ludlam, 5th October 2009Coal or Food: 48 hours on the floodplains
Scott Ludlam, 17th September 2009Question time fail: net filter shapeshifts again
Senator Scott Ludlam on the CPRS
Senator Scott Ludlam delivers a speech in the Senate about the Government's planned Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.
