Tony Wood
@tony_r_wood
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Tony Wood is Program Director, Energy and Climate Change at Grattan Institute.
Melbourne
Joined October 2014
RT @GrattanInst: Drill, baby, drill? No, baby, no. @tony_r_wood analyses what Trump's presidency means for Australia's energy transformat…
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RT @1RossGittins: They're making us save a lot more than we'll need to retire #ausecon #ausbiz #Auspol2024
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RT @GrattanInst: Victoria is running out of gas. It’s a massive policy fail. @tony_r_wood on what must happen now.
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RT @GrattanInst: Grattan's @tony_r_wood shares his thoughts on the recent #COP29 climate-change conference. He's frustrated by the slow pro…
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The Australian Government will now set our 2035 climate change target in the wake of the Trump victory. Of course the global political position must be considered. But we would be wise to remember that the US voters are changing the president, they are not changing the climate.
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Australia needs to make the transition to net zero without threatening reliability or affordability. Unrealistic promises of lower power prices is unhelpful and even risks the transition.
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RT @PaulNAustin: ‘[Daniel Andrews] created these huge expectations of what this thing was going to do which never really made sense to me.’…
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The Coalition has the beginnings of a plan for nuclear power in Australia. It has work to do on multiple fronts to build this plan into a credible policy:
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New hydrogen strategy - better focus, but much work yet to be done. Analysis by Alison Reeve from Grattan Institute:
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RT @PaulNAustin: ‘We don’t want governments picking winners, and we certainly don’t want losers picking governments.’ @GrattanInst policy…
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Australia’s emissions are flatlining. The government’s policies on renewable electricity, heavy industry (Safeguard Mechanism), and vehicles must begin to bite soon and bend the trend to reach our legislated 2030 target:
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RT @GrattanInst: Beware rent-seeking and picking winners The government should tighten the wording of its Future Made in Australia Bill t…
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RT @GrattanInst: How to fix the electricity market Analysis by our energy expert @tony_r_wood in today's @FinancialReview
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RT @PaulNAustin: Well that’s awkward: Energy expert @tony_r_wood from @GrattanInst says Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy will do nothing to b…
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RT @PaulNAustin: Meanwhile, back in the real world… @tony_r_wood from @GrattanInst in the @australian today on how Australia can pull-off…
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The transition to net zero is here now. Our choice is not to go forward or not but go badly or well.
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RT @GrattanInst: 1/ Australia must urgently plan a new energy system for the post-coal era. Coal is on the way out, and will stop being a…
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RT @GrattanInst: The post-coal era is coming fast, and Australia needs a new energy system to keep up. Find out how governments can keep…
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I look forward to moderating our public forum in partnership with MEI on 1 May. Featuring senior experts from USA and Australia to discuss our respective journeys to a net zero future.
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