Behind Sims and Garnaut's plan to transform Australia into a clean energy 'superpower'
As part of their proposal, Rod Sims and Ross Garnaut want to win the public's support before going to the politicians with their ambitious plan for the nation's economy.
Rod Sims and Ross Garnaut are no strangers to taking on vested interests.
Sims, the former top competition regulator, and Garnaut, the renowned economist, are proposing a major industrial shakeup today at the National Press Club in Canberra.
At the heart of their plan for Australia to become a clean energy “superpower” is a proposal to impose a Carbon Solution Levy (CSL) at all fossil fuel extraction sites and import ports in Australia. The levy would then be used to fund the rapid expansion of cheap, clean energy resources, electrification metals and minerals to export to the world.
The pair, who last year founded a think tank called the Superpower Institute, are under no illusion of how difficult it will be to win over the the two major parties after the climate wars have derailed previous attempts at major reform. In fact, that is not their goal today.
