Crawford School of Public Policy

What's the big deal? Well, my next guest has been writing all about this and looking at what we can learn from governments around the world and trying to turn this around.

It's Viva Hammer, who is a distinguished research fellow at Australian National University's Crawford School of Public Policy.

Viva Kia ora to you and welcome to the programme.

Nice to have you on.

I really appreciate it.

Thank you.

That is Viva Hammer, who is a Distinguished Research Fellow at Australian National University's Crawford School of Public Policy.

As part of its plan, the government will sell carbon credits generated from ending logging, sparking intense scrutiny from conservationists and politicians.

So what are carbon credits and why is the project so controversial? Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, Frank Jotso explains.

The idea is to turn land that is currently used for forestry into a national park.

That means that we'll stop logging.

So we are saving it through that.

Earlier, I spoke with Professor Robert Brunig from the Crawford School of Public Policy at the ANU.

He had this to say about your policy.

So it's a good impulse to want to help people with that, but we shouldn't help them by making it cheaper because then people will kind of consume the wrong amount, if you will.

Federal Finance Minister Katie Gallagher.

Let's return now to that call to lower fuel prices by halving the excise paid by motorists.

So can the plan being outlined by the Federal Coalition provide the relief consumers need at the moment? Professor Robert Brunig is the Director of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the ANU's Crawford School of Public Policy.

It's doable.

That's Angus Taylor speaking yesterday.

Well, Professor Robert Brunig is the Director of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the ANU and joins me now.

Robert Brunig, welcome back to Breakfast.

Good morning, Sally.

Robert, thank you very much for joining me this morning.

Thank you.

Professor Robert Brunig is the Director of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the ANU.

And Professor Brunig was also recently appointed as Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at Seoul National University.