Our government is choosing to fail on climate and trying to make a virtue of it | Katharine Murphy

Scott Morrison may pat heads and spout calming words, but he and his government are playing with the facts

Think of it as a hypnotist's trick, because that's what it is. Scott Morrison says it over and over: there is no dispute about the need to take action to reduce Australia's emissions. No dispute. You are getting sleepy. No dispute.

In fact there is a dispute, and a serious one. By failing to do what is necessary, the government Morrison leads maintains a serious dispute with what the climate science tells us needs to be done both in Australia and internationally to avert the most dangerous risks associated with global heating.