There’s nothing new about conservatives slowing down the pace of reform, offering paternal protection and preserving the status quo. Some might say that’s what defines them.
However, Abbott is failing in what Ronald Reagan reportedly described as a government’s first duty: to protect its people. Global warming poses the biggest ever threat to Australians and the Australian way of life, but he is siding with the enemy. This week he has put us on the fast-track to become the first ever country to introduce a price on pollution, and then repeal it.
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