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> Hopefully the Australian government wakes up to the climate crisis It's very hard to imagine, given the current crew. They're pretty hard core on the motivat
by crispinb 7y ago
> Hopefully the Australian government wakes up to the climate crisis
It's very hard to imagine, given the current crew. They're pretty hard core on the motivated reasoning front. And they've moved from outright denial to a more nuanced accept-but-deflect position, which could go on for years with nothing meaningful happening.
Expect little before the next federal election (2022).
- skeletonjelly 7y agoNot only that but a lot of our PM's office are ex mining/coal execs etc. https://reneweconomy.com.au/lobbyist-who-provided-morrisons-lump-of-coal-joins-pms-advisory-team-93806/ https://reneweconomy.com.au/lobbyist-who-provided-morrisons-...
- crispinb 7y agoFor sure - Australian politics at all levels has long been deeply corrupted by the mining & real estate industries. In that respect we're probably not very different from many other semi-democracies. Though the Australian voting population is notably easy to scare, and tends to be unthinkingly obedient to authority (larrikins, my arse).