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2010 Australia Victorian election - Policy Comparison

Party key and links to websites:
Socialist Alliance
The Greens
Democrats
Labor
Liberal
Family First

	Socialist	Greens	Democrats  (1.)	Labor	Liberal	Family First  (2.)
Acceptance
Accepts the science that the current climate change is largely human caused					/
Policy
Separate climate policy
Economic
Plan for a 10 year transition to a "Safe Climate Economy"
Plan to transition affected communties and workers
Goals*	Socialist	Greens	Democrats	Labor	Liberal	Family First
Carbon DiOxide Stabilisation Goals
300 ppm CO2 or below
Interim target of 350 ppm CO2
Zero Emission Goals
Net negative emissions
Near zero emissions
Zero net emissions
2020 Goals
Zero or negative emissions by 2020
80% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2020
60% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2020
40% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2020
30% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2020
20% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2020
20% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions below 2000 levels by 2020
5% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2020					(3.)
5% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions below 2000 levels by 2020					(3.)
2050 Goals
-25% or more reduction of greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2050
Negative emissions by 2050
Near zero emissions by 2050
Net zero emissions by 2050
90% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2050
80% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2050
80% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions below 2000 levels by 2050
60% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2050
Emission reduction mechanisms	Socialist	Greens	Democrats	Labor	Liberal	Family First
Government designed mandatory reductions
Carbon tax
Carbon trading
Energy	Socialist	Greens	Democrats	Labor	Liberal	Family First
Replace Hazelwood with 100% Renewable Energy by 2014
Support crash conversion to renewable based electricity system - 100% by 2020
Support major role out of renewables - 60% by 2020
Support minor role out of renewables - 20% by 2020					(4.)
Significant support for small scale renewables
No new coal use or export
Phase out domestic coal industry
Oppose "clean coal carbon capture and storage"
No new fossil gas use or export
Remove fossil fuel subsidies
Phase out all existing fossil fuel use
Oppose nuclear power plants
Energy efficiency / reduction
Plan to limit energy growth
Plan to promote energy efficiency
Transport	Socialist	Greens	Democrats	Labor	Liberal	Family First
Zero emission transport system
Near zero emission transport system
Major improvements in public transport
Minor improvements in public transport
Support high speed rail
Support expansion of rural rail lines
Significant improvements in cycling and walking infrastructure
Upgrading and expand rail freight
Support of electric and plug in hybrid vehicles
Supports low emissions car industry
Identifies need to act on issues of oil peak
Opposes coal to oil and other GHG intensive fuels
Opposes conversion of food to fuel
Land clearing and forestry	Socialist	Greens	Democrats	Labor	Liberal	Family First
End to land clearing or greenhouse intensification of land use
End to logging of native forests		(5.)
End to logging of old forests				(6.)
Including land clearing and forestry emissions in carbon tax/trading systems
Agriculture
Policy to reduce emissions from agriculture
Acknowledgement of the key role livestock and consequently meat and dairy consumption have on emissions
Policy to build soil carbon
Including agricultural emissions in carbon tax/trading systems
Social Justice / Equity	Socialist	Greens	Democrats	Labor	Liberal	Family First
Social justice elements in plans to address climate change
Social equity elements such as carbon rationing
Significant adaptation planning
Accepting regional climate refugees
Population
Plans to reduce or stabilise population growth

1. Democrats policies for the state election point to the Democrat's national policies for more detail. Most of the assesment is based on the national policies. 1/11/2010
2. Only four policies released at time of assessment 1/11/2010, only one of which related to cliamte change.
3. Federal Liberal policy.
4. State Liberals will seek to limit establishment of wind farms.
5. Will allow selective logging of high value timber in some native forests.
6. Labor policy claims they will protect old growth however clearfelling and destruction of old growth forest continues under the State and Federal Labor Governments.

Key:
= Especially good policy or goes beyond stated goal.
= Supports
= Does not support or no evidence of support.
= Policy position has negative outcomes that deserve highlighting.
= Policy has very negative outcomes or moves us backwards.
= Yet to be assessed.
* = if goals listed in policy are given in a range, for example 60-80% reduction on 1990, the lower figure is used as the reference point.

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