Launch: Let's Tax Carbon by Ross Garnaut in-conversation with Matt Kean

You're invited to join pre-eminent Australian economist Ross Garnaut as he discusses his new book Let's Tax Carbon: And Other Ideas for a Better Australia, with Matt Kean, Chair of the Climate Change Authority.

5 for 530pm
Deloitte Australia
Quay Quarter Tower
Level 46, 50 Bridge St
Sydney

Could Australia become a full-employment, renewable-energy superpower? Ross Garnaut says yes, and it starts with taxing carbon. A levy on the big polluters will help fund Australia to become a carbon-free energy giant, lower the cost of living and assist the world to cut emissions.

In this path-breaking book, eminent economist Ross Garnaut makes two linked arguments. He focuses on the underpinnings of successful social democracy and traces when economic policy has worked for Australia and when it hasn't. He leads off with a critique of the Albanese government – is this a case of policy half-done, or a government sailing at half-mast?

His second argument is about the low-carbon opportunity that Australia has before it. Garnaut brings to bear his unrivalled expertise on industrial development, here and internationally. He calls for a new Carbon Solutions Levy. Getting this right is a way to secure the economic base of Australia's social democracy. A thought-provoking book by a visionary thinker.

Dr Ross Garnaut AC is the professorial research fellow in economics at the University of Melbourne. In 2008, he produced the Garnaut Climate Change Review for the Australian government. He is the author of many books, including the bestselling Dog Days, Superpower and Reset. Ross has held senior roles in universities, business, government and other Australian and international institutions.. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Sciences and a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Society of Australia.

Matt Kean is the Chair of the Climate Change Authority. He was the local NSW Government member for Hornsby from 2011 until 2 August 2024.

Matt was most recently the NSW Government Shadow Minister for Health. He was Deputy Leader of the NSW Liberal party from August 2022 until March 2023. Throughout his 13-year political career, Matt also held ministries of Innovation and Better Regulation, Treasury, Energy and Environment.

As Treasurer and Energy Minister of NSW, Matt championed climate action that is in the best interests of households and businesses. In 2020, he delivered the Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap: A 20-year plan for NSW’s energy infrastructure. The roadmap spurs private investment in renewable energy while reducing emissions and power bills for the people of NSW.

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