Evidence demonstrates our carbon price was working

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ustralia’s carbon price was working, the evidence is in.

Peter Hannam - Environment Editor
with the Sydney Morning Herald.

Writing the Melbourne Age today, Environment Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald, Peter Hannam, said Australia's greenhouse emissions from the electricity sector jumped in the September quarter.

“According to the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory, released without fanfare last week by the Abbott government, emissions from power plants in the 12 months to September totalled 181.9 million tonnes,  or about 1.5 million tonnes more than for the year to June,” he reported,

Hannam’s story - “Emissions slide began to reverse after the end of the carbon price, data show” – also noted that the country's overall emissions trajectory is also showing a slowdown in its decline since the end of the carbon price.