It’s been hard to miss the hyperventilating news coverage approximately Labor’s new emissions ‘aspiration’,but neither major party has a arrangement for climate changeIt was hard to miss the screaming headlines as I arrived domestic from an overseas holiday Thursday. Bill Shorten had apparently committed a gory and unfathomable act of political harakiri with a “loony … lurch to the left” climate policy that had guaranteed Tony Abbott victory at the next election. The Labor leader was a “zombie” with a “death wish” (I thought zombies were already dead, but anyway...) and was advocating a “massive” carbon tax, or perhaps two or three massive carbon taxes all at the same time,in a bloody-minded multitaxing attempt to bankrupt hard-working Aussie families in the interests of appeasing inner-city families (who apparently also eat a lot of goats cheese). Related: Bill Shorten recommits to emissions trading, opposing 'Abbott’s society of flat-earthers' Related: Australia must crop carbon emissions by 30% by 2025, and says Climate Change Authority Related: Australians more concerned approximately Isis than climate change – survey Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com