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.
Reality check: Talking and walking heads to the tune of Benny Hill
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Those talking heads at the National Press Club barely made it this morning. If it wasn’t for our old favourites, the websites of the ABC and The Australian , the performance of Peter Costello and Wayne Swan would not have made the five most read list on any of the 10 media websites we survey. Use that as a gauge of public interest and not many votes are likely to have changed as a result of a question and answer session on the economy. In truth it is another of those low interest days in federal political matters which have predominated in this election campaign so far. In the last fortnight only the aftermath of the debate between John Howard and Kevin Rudd has roused the interest of internet readers.The morning after the debate half the 50 stories in our 10 lists were about the election.
Perhaps it is those morning Prime Ministerial walks that will finally arouse a more general interest. The presentation of a bouquet of flowers by a pair of FM radio hosts sporting the same kind of track suit top as the national leader was rocketing up the charts of The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald within hours of reports being posted.
As the caption underneath the SMH story shows, they have taken to posting videos of the daily walks now. “Raw footage shows Prime Minister’s early morning walk turn into a Benny Hill-style comedy chase”, is how it is described. There’s clearly life in the old boy yet. It makes Kevin Rudd seem positively staid. Sydney Morning Herald
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