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.
Crikey Says
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Was this the week that the Rudd Government “jumped the shark”? The week in which a bright vision of a post-politics world of long-term objectives fearlessly pursued vanished under a steaming pile of freshly dumped populism? Rudd had a chance, when facing off against Brendan Nelson’s painfully populist pledge of a fuel franchise cut. He could wade into the tit-for-tat, my-cut-against-your-cut interplay of vapid political interplay, or rise above it and look to the deeper issues of resources, public transport, environment, alternative fuels and lateral solutions to short-term consumer pain. As it turned out the lure of the obvious was too strong and Rudd revealed himself as that most craven of public entities: Kevin Rudd revealed himself as nothing more than a politician. What a pity.
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