ETS debate gets an airing

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Think a robust debate about an emissions trading scheme would be a absolute gas? Or do you just like political discussions?

Then hop along to the Turbine Platform at the Brisbane Powerhouse at 6pm on Thursday 7 October for the latest Politics in the Pub debate, Fiddling While Rome Burns? Does Australia Need an Emissions Trading Scheme?
Although such schemes have been widely adopted overseas, there’s a perception here that an ETS is a political poisoned chalice, explains Nick Collyer, community development doordinator at the New Farm Neighbourhood Centre, convenor of Politics in the Pub, now in its eleventh year.
“It’s seen off Turnbull and Rudd, so what’s next for an ETS?” he asks. “New Zealand has one, the European Union has one and Barak Obama wants one: are we dragging the chain again on climate change?
“The ETS is political dynamite, but many of us aren’t even too sure what it is, let alone why it’s stopped some key politicians in their tracks,” Nick says.
Speakers on the night will include newly elected Greens Senator Larissa Waters, Michael Roche from the Queensland Resources Council, green philosopher William Grey, Kellie Caught from WWF and outspoken climate sceptic Malcolm Roberts.
And it's free!