Article 2C8NR Hard facts unmask the fiction behind Coalition's 'coal comeback' | Lenore Taylor

Hard facts unmask the fiction behind Coalition's 'coal comeback' | Lenore Taylor

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Lenore Taylor
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There's a long list of blame and shame for Australia's threadbare climate and energy policy, but Turnbull's party takes the cake

Watching politics builds a high tolerance for hypocrisy and humbug, but even I am aghast at the Coalition's antics this week - fondling a lump of coal in parliament while accusing the opposition of an "ideological approach to energy" and negligence in policy planning.

Seriously. There's a long list of blame and shame for Australia's threadbare climate and energy policy, and the failure to plan for an energy market crisis that experts have warned about for years. But Malcolm Turnbull's Coalition takes out first place.

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