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| Barnaby Joyce suggests people who shop at Kmart don't care about climate change | Barnaby Joyce suggests people who shop at Kmart don't care about climate change |
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| Shoppers have turned on the former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce after he suggested that “people in the local Kmart” did not care about climate change. | Shoppers have turned on the former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce after he suggested that “people in the local Kmart” did not care about climate change. |
| The backbencher made the claim, a new spin on the wisdom of the pub test, at a media conference in Canberra on energy policy and the drought. | The backbencher made the claim, a new spin on the wisdom of the pub test, at a media conference in Canberra on energy policy and the drought. |
| If people can’t afford to cook and keep warm, if you go into their kitchen and talk about the Paris agreement, you are showing no respect. | If people can’t afford to cook and keep warm, if you go into their kitchen and talk about the Paris agreement, you are showing no respect. |
| Joyce said the Paris climate agreement “means nothing to them”. | Joyce said the Paris climate agreement “means nothing to them”. |
| “No 1 for the area is drought and what is happening now,” the member for New England said on Monday. “The other thing is power prices. | “No 1 for the area is drought and what is happening now,” the member for New England said on Monday. “The other thing is power prices. |
| “The issue is this: people in the Kmart, people in the local pub, they don’t care about the Paris agreement. It means nothing to them. It has no purpose. | “The issue is this: people in the Kmart, people in the local pub, they don’t care about the Paris agreement. It means nothing to them. It has no purpose. |
| “What matters to them is this: that they can be able to afford their power bills and they currently cannot. It’s not about power prices staying where they are. They are too high. They’ve got to go down.” | “What matters to them is this: that they can be able to afford their power bills and they currently cannot. It’s not about power prices staying where they are. They are too high. They’ve got to go down.” |
| Backbencher Barnaby Joyce “people in kmart...don’t care about the Paris Agreement” @politicsabc at a hastily called media conference at federal parliament #auspol pic.twitter.com/5gdeQLDZFa | Backbencher Barnaby Joyce “people in kmart...don’t care about the Paris Agreement” @politicsabc at a hastily called media conference at federal parliament #auspol pic.twitter.com/5gdeQLDZFa |
| On Twitter, commentators were quick to dispute the link between shopping for homewares and not caring about climate change. | On Twitter, commentators were quick to dispute the link between shopping for homewares and not caring about climate change. |
| I am a person who is often in Kmart, and I care about the Paris Agreement https://t.co/TekX6uXMfX | I am a person who is often in Kmart, and I care about the Paris Agreement https://t.co/TekX6uXMfX |
| things people in kmart may actually care about, even if they don't know about the international mechanism to stop these things from happening: worsening bushfire conditions, increased time spent in drought, more hot days, decreased winter rainfall | things people in kmart may actually care about, even if they don't know about the international mechanism to stop these things from happening: worsening bushfire conditions, increased time spent in drought, more hot days, decreased winter rainfall |
| The old Kmart test. https://t.co/O7dNIEhAQl | The old Kmart test. https://t.co/O7dNIEhAQl |
| Truly nothing makes me feel as carefree as stepping into Kmart https://t.co/C09uDzjbKT | Truly nothing makes me feel as carefree as stepping into Kmart https://t.co/C09uDzjbKT |
| A friend who cares deeply about the Paris agreement tells me they read this story on their way to Kmart. https://t.co/7bhMDg15G0 | A friend who cares deeply about the Paris agreement tells me they read this story on their way to Kmart. https://t.co/7bhMDg15G0 |
| I was at KMart yesterday & bought a new squeaky dog toy and a picture frame that turned out to be the wrong size, but I still cared about the Paris Agreement while doing so | I was at KMart yesterday & bought a new squeaky dog toy and a picture frame that turned out to be the wrong size, but I still cared about the Paris Agreement while doing so |
| Kmart culture war is the best culture war. | Kmart culture war is the best culture war. |
| Others pointed out that Kmart’s own environmental policy promises to reduce store energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020. | Others pointed out that Kmart’s own environmental policy promises to reduce store energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020. |
| The 2015 Paris agreement requires Australia to cut emissions to 26% less than the 2005 level by 2030. | The 2015 Paris agreement requires Australia to cut emissions to 26% less than the 2005 level by 2030. |
| Tony Abbott, who signed up to the Paris agreement when he was prime minister, urged the government in July to abandon it. | Tony Abbott, who signed up to the Paris agreement when he was prime minister, urged the government in July to abandon it. |
| Joyce said: “There is a disconnect between people who feel isolated and the major parties and we have to make sure we honour that commitment to the people on the peripheries. | Joyce said: “There is a disconnect between people who feel isolated and the major parties and we have to make sure we honour that commitment to the people on the peripheries. |
| “If people can’t afford to cook and keep warm, if you go into their kitchen and talk about the Paris agreement, you are showing no respect.” | “If people can’t afford to cook and keep warm, if you go into their kitchen and talk about the Paris agreement, you are showing no respect.” |
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