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Australia swelters under a sham climate change policy after hottest year on record The Guardian, Alex White 4 Jan 14 With 2013 confirmed as Australia’s hottest year on record, prime minister Tony Abbott must explain how “direct action” is credible…….

The full update is available from the BOM here……..

Prime minister Abbott’s policy of 5% reductions is deeply concerning, not only because the target is not credible, or that it is a sham of a policy designed to hide the climate-change denialists in the Liberal Party, but because his means of achieving it is to hand over $3 billion to big polluters……..

With last year blitzing heatwave records, and the start of 2014 looking to follow, Australia cannot afford to swelter under a joke climate policy. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/southern-crossroads/2014/jan/03/hottest-year-ever-confirmed-2013-australia-tony-abbott-climate-change