Antinuclear

Malcolm Turnbull would be no better than Abbott on Climate Change

originally published 9 Feb 2015

Coalition needs a heart transplant, not a facelift, The Age,  Waleed Aly. 6 Feb 15 The public has been focused on policy and that’s precisely why the Coalition’s in trouble. “…..the government’s in trouble precisely because we have been focussing on policy.

That was true for Labor, whose collapse in public support occurred the moment Kevin Rudd decided he no longer thought climate change mattered that much, and it is perhaps even truer for Abbott…..”http://www.smh.com.au/comment/coalition-needs-a-heart-transplant-not-a-facelift-20150205-136hjx.html

Here’s how Mark Kenny &  James Massola saw it, writing in The Age 5 February 15 –  “Amid feverish speculation over the leadership, unconfirmed reports also claimed Mr Turnbull had moved to assuage fears in the conservative wing of the party that his return to the leadership would see a reprise of the carbon tax or an emissions trading scheme.

It was claimed Mr Turnbull had promised, in a secret deal, that there would be no such reprise if elected”

Turnbull in climate change shift, West Australian,  Andrew Probyn Federal Political Editor February 5, 2015,  Malcolm Turnbull would make no change to the Government’s climate change policy in a major concession designed to extinguish lingering doubts about a return to him as Liberal leader….. https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/26199682/turnbull-in-climate-change-shift/

September 14, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, climate change - global warming