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- Spectator: Aussie Opposition Leader’s Call for Nuclear to Backup Renewables is Wrong Sun, 9 Jul 23, 3:00pmWhy not just build nuclear and ditch the renewables? Or better still, stick to cheap coal?
- Former Aussie PM Tony Abbott Joins the London Based Global Warming Policy Foundation Wed, 8 Feb 23, 5:00amI was in the room when former Aussie PM Tony Abbott said "I am a climate skeptic" at the last Aussie CPAC, and received wild applause from the audience.
- Australia should aim for net zero by 2040, new Climate Change Authority member says Sat, 17 Sep 22, 6:00amExclusive: Prof Lesley Hughes, a climate specialist appointed this week, says current target is not good enough
- Australia should reach net zero by 2040, new Climate Change Authority member says Sat, 17 Sep 22, 6:00amExclusive: Prof Lesley Hughes, a climate specialist appointed this week, says current target is not good enough
- Eight years, 20 policies: how Australia’s leaders have fumbled and dithered on climate Sun, 17 Oct 21, 6:00amHow did we get here? And how much has actually changed? Before we look forward to 2050, let’s take a look back …
- Tim Flannery: “I do feel vindicated” About Climate Change Sun, 10 Oct 21, 4:00pmClimate Prophet TIm Flannery, who predicted rains won't fill Australia's dams 2007, only to see record busting floods Australia in 2011, and who encouraged investment in "straightforward" hot rock geothermal energy, which...
- Tony Abbott Warns Britain Not to Mess Up Post Brexit Trade Deals with Climate Activism Mon, 23 Nov 20, 5:00amFormer Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who is currently a senior advisor on the board of Boris Johnson's post Brexit trade panel, is trying to stop British MPs from wrecking Britain's future by inserting a series of...
- Ministers accused of blocking plans to ban burning of UK peatlands Sun, 20 Sep 20, 4:33pmFailure to protect fragile moors habitat fans doubts about the government’s green credentials
- “You B*stards Sacked Me”: When the climate sceptics arrived Sun, 6 Sep 20, 3:00pmThe Sydney Morning Herald traces the politicisation of climate change in Australia to the day Tony Abbott fired climate advisor Tim Flannery from his $180K / year part time job...
- Smoke screen: how Australia's biggest polluters have been free to increase emissions Sun, 23 Feb 20, 6:00amThe Coalition’s safeguards mechanism was meant to stop rises in industrial emissions cancelling out cuts paid for by taxpayers – but it’s a colossal failure
- Morrison’s roadmap to emissions reduction could turn out to be pap – but it’s not a terrible idea | Katharine Murphy Sat, 22 Feb 20, 6:00amSome in the government do want to shift on climate policy, but it remains to be seen whether they have the guts
- 'Dark satanic mills': Tony Abbott continues his crusade against wind turbines Fri, 19 Jul 19, 1:27pmFormer PM doesn’t want wind farms ‘spoiling our landscape’ and praises Angus Taylor for supporting coal-fired power
- Tony Abbott says no need to pull out of Paris climate agreement after all Fri, 8 Mar 19, 1:48pmFormer prime minister changes his mind again on climate treaty, while backing subsidy for coal-fired power
- Scott Morrison pledges $56m for Tasmanian interconnector in climate policy reboot Mon, 25 Feb 19, 4:25pmPrime minister also signals the government will support the Snowy 2.0 expansion
- Tony Abbott played us for fools on electricity prices. Will we be played again? | Nicky Ison Thu, 17 Jan 19, 10:11amAustralia has gone from some of the lowest electricity prices in the world to some of the highest and a good number of people are hurting