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How Australia values future lives at just 3 cents on the dollar
Australia's 7% discount rate makes future climate benefits worth nearly nothing in cost-benefit analysis. While peer countries update their frameworks, Australia's 37-year-old guidance remains "under review" after 2.5 years.
Can you spot the BCA’s Statistical Spin?
Datawashing is particularly harmful because it quietly shapes decisions. By the time a graph reaches a minister’s desk, its assumptions are often invisible – but its conclusions can carry enormous weight. In 2023, the Business Council of Australia used this graph – produced by consultancy ACIL Allen – to lobby the Federal Government during the Future Gas Strategy consultation.
How Big Consulting Firms Undermine Climate Action
The Nationals and the Liberal Party have officially abandoned net zero. This decision to ditch net zero was justified by an inaccurate report produced by Nationals-aligned Page Research Centre, claiming coal could deliver cheaper power than renewables.
Inside the BCA report that undermined Australia’s 2035 emissions target
While presented as analysis to inform Australia’s 2035 emissions reduction target, the BCA and McKinsey report is marked by clear bias in both framing and method, designed to encourage the government to set a weaker target.
Consulting isn’t neutral: how professional services are quietly shaping our climate future.
Consultants, we’re told, have choices. But when those choices risk your job, your promotion, or your visa status, how real are they?
Welcome first step in mandatory reporting, but financial disclosures alone won’t increase ambition and accountability
New climate disclosure laws are a welcome first step in mandatory reporting, but financial disclosures alone won’t increase climate ambition and accountability
The government plan to provide legal immunity from greenwashing
The new climate disclosure regime proposed by the government includes a problematic three-year immunity period, where no legal action is able to be brought against corporations greenwashing in their climate disclosures.
Warning shot fired at airlines over greenwashing
A new landmark legal ruling is a warning shot for airlines that claim to be on a path to net zero emissions with no a credible plan to get there.