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Clive Palmer very flustered over Climate Change, contradicts his Western Australian candidate

ballot-boxPalmer loses cool in climate debate http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2014/4/4/policy-politics/palmer-loses-cool-climate-debate  Palmer United Palmer leader Clive Palmer has lashed out an ABC interviewer who was probing the MP about his dismissal of the IPCC climate consensus.

In a debate with economist Ross Garnaut on Lateline last night, interviewer Tony Jones questioned Mr Palmer’s dismissal of the IPCC process and suggestion the world needed a “proper report” on climate change, prompting a reply of “shut up” from the mining magnate.

JONES: Sorry, I’ve got to interrupt you there. A proper report by who exactly?

CLIVE PALMER: I don’t want to be interrupted. Well, I haven’t made my point.

TONY JONES: Well, I’m sorry, every now and then …

CLIVE PALMER: “Well, I’m sorry.” Why don’t you shut up for a while and let me finish?

TONY JONES: Every now and then – every now and then …

CLIVE PALMER: Why don’t you just keep quiet while – why don’t you just keep quiet and let me finish what I’m saying? “Every now and then,” come on, we’ll have a fight if you want to. But why don’t you just shut up while I’ll can say what I want to say? I’m saying that 100 per cent of carbon, we’ve got to reduce it. 97 per cent comes from nature. Let’s reduce it, let’s look at both areas, not just look at industry, not just take away our jobs, up our electricity prices…

The PUP leader reiterated his desire to repeal the carbon price legislation and also said the party candidate for WA Dio Wang did not support a mandatory Renewable Energy Target, as he has said, but a voluntary target.
“Voluntary RET wouldn’t work. Voluntary taxes don’t work. Tony, that’s why we need the law,” Prof Garnaut replied.

April 4, 2014 - Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics

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