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Australia's top economists back carbon price, say benefits of net-zero outweigh cost

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Australia's top economists back carbon price, say benefits of net-zero outweigh costWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Eight in ten of Australia’s leading economists back action to cut Australia’s carbon emissions to net-zero.

Almost nine in ten want it done by a carbon tax or a carbon price – mechanisms that were explicitly rejected at the 2013 election.

The panel of 58 top Australian economists selected by...

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