Government

Professor Gareth Evans discusses the new Minister for Foreign Affairs

16 Mar 2012, 4.44 PM
Professor Gareth Evans discusses the new Minister for Foreign Affairs

Gareth Evans, a former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is now Honorary Professorial Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences in the Faculty of Arts as well as Chancellor of ANU, discusses the suitability of appointing Bob Carr as the new Foreign Affairs Minister and highlights a range of issues that the former NSW Premier will face.

Prof Joshua Gans on the ETS and 'buying green'

15 May 2009, 12.36 PM
Prof Joshua Gans on the ETS and 'buying green'

Professor Joshua Gans says delays on the Federal Government’s emissions trading scheme shouldn’t effect consumer decisions on ‘buying green’.

With the Federal Government's hotly debated emissions trading scheme set to be introduced into the lower house today, Professor Gans says that the proposed one year delay in its official introduction should not be considered as "reneging on a previous timetable."

"When it comes down to it all, of the targets are to be achieved by 2020 or 2050”.