, Lord Hague rejected the idea that Australia's reliance on fossil fuels meant it could not achieve the same 2050 net-zero target adopted by the Tories in the UK.
"Climate change consequences are: increased drought, higher temperatures, rising sea levels. Well, all of that hits Australia." "If you leave this argument to the left, their solutions will be very socialistic about high taxation, about regulation," he said.He said, in contrast, the centre-right should be supporting technology and innovation. He explicitly backed carbon-pricing, which has a no-go policy for both Australia's major parties since Julia Gillard's failed carbon tax.Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who famously carried a lump of coal into the parliament to taunt his Labor opponents, is resisting pressure to adopt the target announced by the Labor opposition last week, saying it is the "same bill" Australia couldn't afford at the last election when the Opposition proposed cutting emissions by 45 per cent by 2030. The "bill" comment was a reference to the Liberals' campaign slogan targeting then-Labor leader Bill Shorten.
latikambourke OMG !!
latikambourke I'm looking forward to the day when all the trees have a meeting and decide that oxygen is poisoning the planet, after which they all agree to a zero oxygen emissions target by 2050.
latikambourke Sounds like another former “conservative” leader..... 👻
SallyRMelb latikambourke Sounds lovely and will be a gradual shift for Aust. British conservative Hague knows his country well; not Australia.
latikambourke Doesn't change the fact that William Hague is a cvnt who was happy to keep Julian Assange banged up while he was FM.
latikambourke He did well!! Just like Turnbull. Money in the game my friends.
latikambourke 🤦🏽♂️
RobMax4 latikambourke Latika with more Tories/Coalition shit, CrosbyTextor must be briefing her again
latikambourke why is it that when they were in a position to do something about it, they sat on their hands and did nothing, but once they are on the out, they finger point and criticize those who are doing the same as they did i. e. Nothing
latikambourke FFS. What does this bloke know? Check his stellar record
latikambourke 7% emmissions drop in 1 year. That is fucking success right there !!! Axed by LiberalAus on behalf of their Billionaire Mates like Rhinehart and Palmer
latikambourke Shutup William
latikambourke British conservatives are also against live export. Our govt are not conservatives. They are crooks
latikambourke So no cars, no trucks, no farming, no electricity, no heating, no running water, no clearing land. Just all of us sit and rot. These thinkocrats are sooooooooo smart. We should all feel so grateful to have such smart people telling us what to do.
latikambourke How about other nations mind their own business.
latikambourke The people of Australia call on William Hague to mind his own business and piss off back to Britain.
latikambourke Mind your own business, Mr Hague. We are a skeptical people and not inclined to adopt bullshit targets just so we can feel good about it.
latikambourke Is little willy in town?
latikambourke Great… got to have an out sider telling Australia 🇦🇺 business on climate but could not handle a brexit for more that 2 years with the EU.
latikambourke Bloody lefties
latikambourke Ugh
latikambourke ' William Hague has called on Scott Morrison to end Australia's climate wars and adopt a net-zero carbon emissions target ' pray that PM would listen Bet he is more worried abt his job in case of a coup by coal factions
latikambourke But it’s Scott Morrison, the Steven Bradbury of politics. He’s not taking anyone with him.
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