Penny Wong
If Malcolm Turnbull achieved nothing else yesterday he may have at least shut Wilson Tuckey up for five minutes.
Yesterday’s five hour joint party room meeting was a victory for Malcolm Turnbull but it was one that doesn’t leave a great deal of time for basking in the afterglow.
Malcolm Turnbull and Ian MacFarlane now have the right to sit down and discuss a set of agreed amendments with Penny Wong and Turnbull’s leadership is safe until at least the end of the year. And while it’s not much Malcolm Turnbull will take any small mercies at the moment and they’re ones he has fought hard for.
Continue reading "This is the tiniest little victory of them all" »
Over the years many have proclaimed the Kyoto Protocol “dead” and once again media reports are starting to suggest the imminent demise of this international climate change treaty and a new Australian compromise.
Clearly the protocol is not yet dead as its binding pollution reduction targets for most industrialised countries remain in force until the end of 2012. However as negotiations have intensified in the lead up to the Copenhagen climate summit in December, the treaty’s future has become increasingly uncertain.
Behind the headlines about targets, technology transfers and finance for developing countries, a profound discussion on the “legal form” of the new agreement is occurring. This dominated recent talks held in Washington D.C. attended by Climate Change Minister Penny Wong.
Continue reading "The Wong plan on the right track to Copenhagen" »
Latest 2 of 20 comments
View all comments-
thatmosis says:
The latest on Climate Change and an omen of whats to come , hopefully. Senator Barnaby Joyce Leader of the Nationals in the Senate Bangkok Climate Change Talks Fail – Precursor to failure in Copenhagen Queensland Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce believes the failure to arrive at a climate change consensus… Read more »
-
MudCrab says:
stephen asked - “how come everyone I know is buying a diesel car ?” 320Nm of torque and 6.6L/100 highway. More power for cheaper fuel I use less of. I didn’t buy one cause it’s ‘green’, I bought one cause it’s MUSCLE Read more »
In 21 days, the Senate will vote on the Government’s climate change legislation that will – for the first time ever – turn the corner on rising carbon pollution in Australia.
.
This means Malcolm Turnbull has 21 days to get his party into shape on climate change.
We have seen a diverse parade of positions from the Liberal Party on climate change this week, not to mention the views put forward by their coalition partners in the National Party.
Continue reading "The Coalition don’t know what they’re doing on ETS" »
Latest 2 of 57 comments
View all comments-
A galoot says:
I work for the coal industry and it’s obvious that they don’t care much about the environment EXCEPT when it’s costing them money. Currently I, and my team, are working on environmental projects. Why? Because the industry is significantly worried about carbon trading. I therefore support a Carbon Trading Scheme,… Read more »
-
Jacob says:
The fact that Rudd and his Government refuse to discuss any of the oppositions amendments to its ETS goes to show how arrogant they really are. There appears to be more democracy in the Turnbull camp than in the Rudd camp. Power and popularity has no doubt gone to Rudd… Read more »
Climate change is real. Yes that’s right, contrary to the misreporting in the media, I do believe in climate change.
That might come as a shock to some of those on the left side of politics, but it’s the truth.
The question that concerns me, however, is what is driving it? Is it increasing levels of human made carbon dioxide emissions, variations in solar radiation or something else?
Continue reading "The real reason I’ll fight in the Senate on climate change" »
Latest 2 of 291 comments
View all comments-
Seano says:
My computer science degree also qualifies me as a climate change expert. Read more »
-
Front Row says:
Whatever the truth of the global warming/cooling/drowning thing is, we should be very clear about this: There is no way that the United States is going to be doing anything about an ETS or a similar program for at least a decade. All of the credible polls indicate “climate change”… Read more »
Recent posts
The latest and greatest
The confession manual for a politician’s mistress
There must be a handbook given out to women who have had, or claim to have had, an affair with a high-profile… Read more
Most commented
The talk of the town
- Atheists can do better than saying believers are stupid 218
- Nation's top scientists agree: the climate is changing now 160
- Uncovered meat, Facebook and a simmering melting pot 123
- Even for angels a warm inner glow ain't hard cash 120
- This race row with India is getting out of hand 112
- Tony Abbott is driving would-be parents crazy 110
- When did it become nuts to want to protect children? 74
- A dear Trevor letter 62
- Bunny boilover 61
- When sex is on tap good behaviour is abandoned 56
Punch live
Up to the minute Twitter chatter
Port power players ringing lapsed club members tonight urging them to re-sign. What happened to the old days when they'd just beat them up?
What not to make an issue in the last week of a campaign - your leadership http://bit.ly/a78kyL#savotes
Gentle jabs to the ribs
Breaking news: Something is going on
Is this the greatest ever send-up of 24-hour news? Warning: contains strong language and hilarity. From… Read more
Latest 2 of 18 comments
View all commentsAdd your comment