The Morrison government has abrogated responsibility for acting on the climate crisis to the states | John Hewson

It has fallen to the states to lead with more realistic targets, strategies and attempted policy responses

A colleague commented to me recently: Where would we be without the states leading and driving the response to Covid-19?"

It made me think. To cut through all the spin, point-scoring and blame-shifting. Sure, there was the national cabinet and Scott Morrison's attempt to forge a national, collaborative response, but so much of the heavy lifting was actually done by the states.