This was meant to be the 'climate change election'. There are two reasons why it wasn't

So what would it take to make climate change a major political concern in Australia, and a crucial issue in future Australian elections?The five hottest years on record have been the past five, natural disasters have increased in intensity and frequency, we're in the midst of an extinction crisis and the average global temperatures suggest that we've almost reached the agreed Paris target for warming: no more than 1.5 degrees.

So the issue is not whether there's a problem. Rather, it's how to get Australian policy makers and voters to recognise and respond to it credibly and seriously. It should be easier to do.Parties claiming to represent rural voters are presiding over policies that make the droughts and their effects more severe and undermine agricultural viability.

And the case for economics and jobs over the environment is getting harder and harder to make on cost-benefit grounds given the costs of climate change itself and the danger of stranded mining assets in particular. The key for policy makers will ultimately be to effectively challenge the economics/environment justification for inaction, and build communities of concern that genuinely extend beyond the inner cities to those communities most vulnerable to manifestations of climate change.Matt McDonald is and associate professor in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland.

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...it’s trendy to be a climate change supporter, it makes people ‘fit in’. The reality is different, some people are skeptics, others deniers, but won’t admit it.

Scomo will obviously be putting his pet rock ‘Sooty’ into the role of Science & Technology Minister. Sooty has been in parliament already so he knows his way around.

If Tory and Labour are trounced this week how can T May stay past the weekend ? She can't say again we have listened and still sail in the same direction with no charts, no lights and no crew or clue .

QandA will be interesting to watch tonight, given there was so much applause and fanfare for Labor every week. That strategy didn't work

It was the Climate change election and the Australian public said no.

Those kids who skipped school to campaign on climate change need to rethink their strategy in the future. Ie. Play by the rules if you want to change government policies and campaign decently

AustralianLabor pursued an agressive climate change policy to capture a Green vote. In doing so, it abandoned the battlers - the traditional Labor base. There were some big swings in Labor heartland seats. auspol ausvotes

It isn't complicated Matt McDonald, you got it wrong because you are incompetent & biased. There entire 'climate' drama is confected nonsense, humanity is well on their way to permanently solving their energy needs & having so much abundance that we can if required recapture CO2.

Climate was Labor's scare campaign, but they failed to outline their strategy in lowering emissions apart from electric cars. Coalition already committed to the Paris target. There are dangers for wildlife with renewables that activists are silent on

Because people aren't stupid. Climate changes and climate shifts it's a cycle and we all know it.

Anyone who is actually concerned about imminent climate doom must consider nuclear, but they don’t

Because even if Australia ceased to exist tomorrow, it would have no effect whatsoever on the world’s climate, so why ruin our economy?

no it was you framed it as the climate change election

Moola and money!

I believe the social scientists have shown time and again that big, abstract issues just don't fly with human behavioural change. We likely just have to sit it out until the dying of thirst, hunger, disease and physical violence arrives at the doorstep. And then ..too late. 🤷‍♀️

In 2014 Australia accounted for 1.28% of global emissions, in contrast China and the USA made up 42%. Until they both decide to take action there’s little reason to take economically negative measures - sadly that’s the cold hard truth of the matter.

Cue my sarcasm, I can’t wait to see who becomes Minister for Science & Engineering Innovation. aabill IOT DataAnalytics

ABC totally stuffed the election campaign up.......Investigative journalists, don't know about that.

What’s done is done now no point breaking it down - we should move forward with the new parliament and hope that those in power make positive decisions that are good for this country .

1. because old ppl are selfish 2. because old ppl care more about their money than they do about the future of the planet Yup, I think that about sums it up.

Climate change seems to have become a catch all euphemism for disillusionment in life.

A Labor victory was going to reverse climate change. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Only one reason.........Because it is a SCAM!

It was the climate change election for the ABC until the LNP won and then it wasn’t the climate change election.

You failed your country, essentially. You let anti-scientifical nonsense stand without challenge. You allowed The lack of Climate Change policy to be waved through, unquestioned. Did you forget exactly what's at stake? All of us are more at risk.

FakeNews defundtheABC

do nothing on climate Queenslanders want more coal so LNP is going to oblige

Just wondering why Aunty can’t do its job and discuss why the big 3 polluters aren’t reducing their emissions ? What we do is minuscule and irrelevant until they do something - even if we went to Labor’s 45% there are 1000 new coal fired stations opening in the next three years.

Because the majority of us know it's a hoax.

One problem with Electric Cars is this Wide Brown Land. Going Bush just does not cut it with an Electric Car. Even Gas falls short to some extent.

Adani has only 800jobs as they dont have banks supporting them They'd use robotic dump trucks n driverless trains With tax writeoff they r not going to be paying any tax for years

What a load of Marxist inspired bullshit

Reason 1: we lost. Reason 2: we really don't want to hear the message the electorate is sending.

Article is written by a climate change alarmist, offering just his opinions but no science backup. Usual climate alarmist bull💩. Now zero zag I can have a non electric comm car at her beck and call without climate concerns.

It’s really hard not to cry ‘selfish, scared, ignorant’ at those who seemingly voted against the environment. But that’s how they’ve felt alienated enough to do it. A new approach, I vow to be more compassionate for those fearing the economic impact of tackling climate change.

Australia’s contribution to co2 is equivalent to a cigarette in a bush fire.

Erm how does this report not mention 2 much bigger factors: Murdoch and Palmers set up of the preferential votes to top up the Libs? 🤯👀

Because it's a load of old cobblers...economics will decide the future of the planet should be developing new technologies that are cheaper than current methods

The ABC fell for its faulty vote compass on climate change but yet it's biased tone deaf echo chamber inhabitants still push it as the most important issue to voters. Talk about deaf blind and stupid.

1...It's an absolute fraud 2...So was Shorten.

Congratulations to all the COAL workers. Proud of you all.

It is simply not economically or politically viable to tell an entire industry of mostly unskilled workers that they are the sacrificial lamb and expect them to vote for you. No one offered coal reliant communities a transition path allowing them to keep their standard of living.

Climate change = a monumental lie devised by the elite as a wealth transfer deice and control mechanism. Elections = a monumental lie devised by the elite as a wealth transfer deice and control mechanism. Bravo , bravo.

Well, Morrison is the love-child of a used car salesman and a snake-oil merchant, what did you expect? Free thinking society doesn't try to control public opinion, meaning those who would rule tend to win...

Weird, all these people thought it was...

well it was and Australia voted against action on climate change, that is the hard truth.

The Coal-nation deserves the Coalition.

Global warming is just implementation of communism through subterfuge.

You mean it WAS, but it simply didn't go your way. Stop lying.

No one cares ABC, you got what you wanted now sell up and piss off

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