Economic+decision-making+case+study


 * Carbon Tax vs Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme **

Welcome Year 10 Commerce students to this Economic decision-making case study pathfinder where you will be guided to online resources to direct you in the research and writing of your research and recommendation the Federal Government should introduce the Carbon Tax or a Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme. Click on the [|ETS Assignment 2011.doc] and assessment rubric to ensure you understand the task. Remember to use a variety of information sources within your work.

Then refer to the [|Information Skills Research Model] and follow the six steps outlined to plan, research, use and evaluate in the completion of this task.

It is very important that you accurately site all the sources (print and online) of your work in the form of in-text references and a bibliography (end text). Refer to the OLMC Years 10-12 Style Guide. On the library catalogue, search engines or searching tools below you can use the following keywords to help refine your topic.

If you need any assistance please ask the teacher librarians.

 **This topic requires careful research. Opinions are divided on the benefits of implementing**  **each of the policies and there is a lot of __mis-information__ circulating.**   **How can you ensure you are looking at __reliable information__?**

**Try to examine the source for bias:**

 * ===**Who is the __author__ and what __credentials / qualifications / experience__ do they have to be speaking on this topic?**===
 * ===**Is there an __affiliated organisation__ with the page? //E.g. a sponsor.//**===
 * ===**Can you determine __why__ the author has published this information? //E.g. To make money?//**===
 * ===**Does the information __correlate__ with the information on the government's website?**===
 * ===**Is there a __reference link__ or list provided?**===
 * ===**What __opinion__ is coming through?**===

** Australian Policy Online ** – The Clean Energy Plan []
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 * Factbox: Carbon Taxes Around the World -** World News Australia SBS (11 July 2011)

What will be the __economic__ impact of the Carbon Tax?


//Echo Online publishes regular outlines of issues. These are analyses of newspaper treatment of events, controversies etc. The outlines set out the arguments for and against (as put forward by journalists and commentators) and provide background information on the particular issue.The issue outlines also contain links to vetted, relevant documents and sites on the World Wide Web.// (**Username** and **password** for access are on the Library Portal.)
 * 2011/05: Should Australia introduce a carbon tax? //from// Echo Online**

==** Carbon Tax: What is means to you **. **(Fox Production) //Includes calculator//.** ==

**Australian Conservation Foundation (AFC) - What is an emissions trading scheme?**

**Office of Environment and Heritage - What is emissions trading?**

**Carbon Trading for Dummies and Carbon Trading for Real Dummies** //from// The Australian Climate Exchange. // A long but clear explanation of the emissions trading scheme //.


 * Emissions trading: [|The 'carbon market']**- //explains the carbon market.//

//**General Research**//
//Usernames and passwords are kept on the Portal under Library Subscriptions in the left column.//

The Digital Age Online –
//Newspaper articles across all perspectives.//

eLibrary
// Online database of journals, newspapers, books, maps, transcripts. Tick ‘Australasian Documents’. Sort by Date. //

**Sweet Search: A Search Engine for Students**
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**VENN Diagram** A Venn diagram is used to compare two things, people, places, events or issues, by recording aspects of similarity in the overlapping circle and aspects of difference in separate sections of the circles. Click on the PDF below for a blank Venn diagram. [|venn_diagram[1.pdf]]

OLMC Library 2011