Abbott also gave the country a billion dollar plus plan to reduce carbon emissions
using taxpayer money-in effect a carbon tax by another name. By 2016 under the Abbott Plan over $1billion in subsidies were committed to reduce emissions. Sounds like the Monash group are being suckered in by the Abbott
sour grapes brigade.
"Direct Action is the centrepiece of Australia’s current greenhouse gas reduction efforts. To date, A$1.7 billion in subsidies has been committed from the government’s Emissions Reduction Fund to projects offering to reduce emissions.
The scheme replaced Australia’s two-year-old carbon price in 2014 and is a key part of the government’s plan to reduce emissions by 5% below 2000 levels by 2020, and 26–28% below 2005 levels by 2030.”
https://theconversation.com/direct-action-not-giving-us-bang-for-our-buck-on-climate-change-59308
