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The Fourth Annual Global Conference
On
Environmental Taxation Issues, Experience
And Potential
Thursday, June 5 - Saturday, June 7, 2003
Sydney, AUSTRALIA
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Keynote Speakers
Australia, Asia Pacific
Mr Simon A Y Smith
Executive Director Economics and Environmental Reporting,
NSW Environment Protection Authority
Australia
Simon is a member of the Environment Protection Authority's
Executive and leads the EPA branch responsible for:
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developing innovative economic mechanisms for
environment protection (focusing on tradable emissions,
offsets and emissions charging schemes).
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economic assessment of proposed regulations, policies
and guidelines
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environmental reporting programs (including the
NSW State of the Environment Report)
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a regulatory innovation program
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regulation of radiation safety
In previous positions he has drafted the rules and
helped implement the pilot Hunter River Salinity Trading
Scheme (Australia's first active and most successful
emissions trading scheme) and led the team that introduced
Load Based Licensing (Australia's most comprehensive
system of polluter-pays charges for discharge of air
and water pollutants).
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Photograph of Sydney Harbour Bridge by CFL photography.
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