Australian Prime Minister to Lead Committee Examining Options for Setting Carbon Price

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Sept. 27 announced she will chair a multiparty parliamentary climate change committee tasked with examining options for introducing a price on carbon to discourage greenhouse gas emissions.rnAccording to the announcement of the panel's formation, "The Committee will start from the position that a carbon price is an economic reform that is required to reduce carbon pollution, to encourage investment in low emissions technologies and complement other measures including renewable energy and energy efficiency."rnCarbon price mechanisms it will consider include a broad-based emissions trading scheme, a carbon tax, a hybrid of the two, and economy-wide and sector-based approaches.