http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/richard-denniss/ Richard Denniss is Executive Director of The Australia Institute, a Canberra-based think tank. He describes himself as an easygoing economist with a keen eye for the absurd. His research focuses on the design of public policy in Australia. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Abbott-reads-from-Maos-little-green-book-of-nonsense/ Australian politicians have spent more than 20 years thinking up reasons not to tackle climate change, but the latest from Tony Abbott really must take the cake. According to the Opposition Leader, it now seems that until Communist China introduces a market-based mechanism to reduce their emissions, Australia shouldn’t either. That should buy us some time then. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Richard Denniss) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Abbott-reads-from-Maos-little-green-book-of-nonsense/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Abbott-reads-from-Maos-little-green-book-of-nonsense/#item6447 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:59:44 +0000 Richard Denniss | Author bios | The Punch