Abbott government war on green 'saboteurs' is Laurel and Hardy slapstick

The Coalition's 'war on environmental vigilantes and saboteurs' isn't consistent: it's waged against anti-coal activists but in support of anti-windfarm activists

Even for the Abbott government the inconsistencies in the latest "war on environmental vigilantes and saboteurs" are astonishing. And the slapstick nature of its attempt to use the issue as a political wedge is up there with Laurel and Hardy.

When an environment group successfully uses 16 year-old national environmental laws to delay a project, the Abbott government tries to change the law to prevent them from ever doing it again.