Emissions trading scheme postponed

Though only by a year, but still, better than nothing.   But hey, what happened to K R Puff'n'Fluff's statement just a month ago about recognising the urgency of the environmental and the economic imperative for action…  ?   Or that the longer we wait the higher the cost?   Let's face it though, the only reason he chose 2010 in the first place was to gazump John Howard. It was always more about appearing to do something.   Andrew Bolt rightly observes that the Libs should always have opposed this stupid and ill-considered idea, but "the problem is that Turnbull and his environment spokesman Greg Hunt have dug in too far to ditch an ETS and all the warming hype now. The Liberals can only credibly change policy by changing leader."   But sweet Jesu, who?

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