Climate change denialists’ aggressive politics in Australia
[Tony Abbott] A champion of voters who reject climate change, he has turbocharged his party and could within a couple of weeks be prime minister.
Aggression pays in king hits on Labor, Sydney Morning Herald, Shaun Carney, 28 Aug 2010, CLIMATE change can be a killer. This has nothing to do with the science and everything to do with its impact on political leaders. Look at the list of those who have felt its sting in the past three years: John Howard, Brendan Nelson, Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd. And Julia Gillard……
Tony Abbott is not a firm believer and does not see the need to make serious changes to the economy to curb carbon emissions. A champion of voters who reject climate change, he has turbocharged his party and could within a couple of weeks be prime minister.
As the three country independents, Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott and Bob Katter, consider whether to support Abbott or Gillard, and the talk in politics turns to compromise and co-operation, the power of political difference should not be forgotten. Last year, Turnbull, as Liberal leader, tried cross-party co-operation and it destroyed his leadership. Turnbull believes in climate change and committed the Coalition to working with the Rudd government to legislate an emissions trading scheme…….
Resources Minister Martin Ferguson’s seat of Batman, which covers Northcote, Preston, Fairfield and Thornbury, is going the way of the Melbourne electorate. On Saturday, the Greens candidate in Batman, Alexandra Bhathal, finished ahead of the Liberal candidate. This means that the contest in the seat is now between Labor and the Greens…….Aggression pays in king hits on Labor
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