The Politics of Climate Change in Australia

The politics of climate change in australia could hardly be more different than may appear to be in the u k. It has been debate or controversy over climate policy which has caused the removal of at least three prime ministers and one opposition leader, writes Simon Tisdall. The big mining companies were pretty resistant to the notion of moving away from coal as an electricity generator towards renewable energy sources. There was a large group who had an ileological opposition to renewables. And i must say, for many of them, they did not accept the science of climate change. Five years on from the paris agreement, and it's a new prime minister spruking australia's climate credentials