The Greens oppose the CPRS not because it is too weak, but because it will point Australia in the wrong direction with little prospect of turning it around in the timeframe within which emissions must peak, says Senator Christine Milne.
The Tuesday Top 20
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It’s back to business as usual in the Crikey/Media Monitors Top 20 for the week of 31 July – 6 August. The PM remains Number One. Kevin Rudd is in second place. Tony Abbott has leapt into third with his promise of a trauma ward on every kitchen table (or something like that, anyway). Joe Hockey has moved up 15 points one the back of the latest WorkChoices woes. And a private citizen named Steve Bracks appears as Number 10, making one wonder just how well Peter Beattie has been doing his media tart act.
Also climbing the charts has been Julia Gillard, not with an IR policy, but refuting claims she is the weakest link in the Rudd team. And Finance Minister Nick Minchin has also been more vocal, telling the public why the decision the Reserve Bank board has probably made this morning is wrong. He’s a good one on macroeconomic expertise, is Nick. Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough has vanished from the list of most mentioned pollies on talkback – along with any prospect that his legislation on the NT intervention would be ready before scheduled parliamentary sittings resumed. His place has been taken Cabinet’s own Alfred E Neuman, Kevin Andrews. |
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