PM Morrison visiting drought areas “not terribly interested” in climate change
![]() 4:22pm Aug 27, 2018 Scott Morrison won’t say if human-induced climate change is associated with the drought in Queensland and NSW because it doesn’t help solve practical problems.The new prime minister visited a drought-stricken Quilpie farm in rural Queensland in his first visit in the job, but refused to say if he thought climate change was affecting the drought.
“Climate is changing, everybody knows that,” he told reporters today. “It’s not a debate I’ve participated a lot in in the past, because I’m practically interested in the policies that will address what is going on here right and now. “I’m interested in getting people’s electricity prices down and I’m not terribly interested in engaging in those sorts of debates at this point.”…….Labor attacked Mr Morrison for making Barnaby Joyce a special drought envoy, calling the decision a slap in the face for farmers.
Opposition agriculture spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon said the position would allow the former Nationals leader to campaign across Australia at public expense. “The appointment of climate change denier Barnaby Joyce as his drought envoy is a joke and a slap in the face for all in the sector who want meaningful drought policy reform,” Mr Fitzgibbon said. ……Mr Fitzgibbon said Mr Morrison had made a bad start, accusing the prime minister of using drought as a plaything to improve his image. https://www.9news.com.au/2018/08/27/15/46/prime-minister-scott-morrison-visits-drought-hit-southern-queensland |
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August 29, 2018 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, climate change - global warming, politics
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