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| Malcolm Turnbull warns of 'catastrophic' future without net zero emissions goal – politics live | Malcolm Turnbull warns of 'catastrophic' future without net zero emissions goal – politics live |
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| The former prime minister has stepped into the climate debate, with a stark warning to moderate Liberals to act. All the day’s events, live | The former prime minister has stepped into the climate debate, with a stark warning to moderate Liberals to act. All the day’s events, live |
| Even though it seems like 600 days ago, it was only yesterday that Peter Dutton defined “leftwing terrorism” as Islamic terrorism, for reasons only he can explain – but won’t. | |
| In the midst of that word vomit, you may have missed this from Katharine Murphy: | |
| Parliament starts at 9.30am this morning. | |
| Just in case anyone was wondering. | |
| Resources minister Keith Pitt was asked what the problem with a net zero 2050 target was, while speaking to ABC TV this morning. | Resources minister Keith Pitt was asked what the problem with a net zero 2050 target was, while speaking to ABC TV this morning. |
| The fact that he didn’t outright slam it, is very telling. | The fact that he didn’t outright slam it, is very telling. |
| It’s not just Malcolm Turnbull – facing the reality of climate change is something more and more of Australia’s sectors are turning their mind to. | It’s not just Malcolm Turnbull – facing the reality of climate change is something more and more of Australia’s sectors are turning their mind to. |
| Someone who is enjoying the treasurer’s discomfort though, is his shadow counterpart and former adviser to Wayne Swan, Jim Chalmers. | Someone who is enjoying the treasurer’s discomfort though, is his shadow counterpart and former adviser to Wayne Swan, Jim Chalmers. |
| Speaking about Josh Frydenberg’s Fran Kelly interview this morning, Chalmers could barely contain his glee: “Josh Frydenberg’s interview on radio this morning had all of the coherence of a Sydney baboon rampage.” | Speaking about Josh Frydenberg’s Fran Kelly interview this morning, Chalmers could barely contain his glee: “Josh Frydenberg’s interview on radio this morning had all of the coherence of a Sydney baboon rampage.” |
| Josh Frydenberg’s “managing expectations” tour has continued. He has been on Sky News, ABC radio and Sydney radio 2GB today. | Josh Frydenberg’s “managing expectations” tour has continued. He has been on Sky News, ABC radio and Sydney radio 2GB today. |
| After spending the better part of the last eight years smashing up Wayne Swan for promising a series of surpluses and then failing deliver (because of that little thing called the global financial crisis), the Morrison government is attempting to get out ahead of it’s own potential failure by reminding everyone they can find that the world economy is under quite a bit of pressure. | After spending the better part of the last eight years smashing up Wayne Swan for promising a series of surpluses and then failing deliver (because of that little thing called the global financial crisis), the Morrison government is attempting to get out ahead of it’s own potential failure by reminding everyone they can find that the world economy is under quite a bit of pressure. |
| If the surplus disappears, which, Frydenberg and Scott Morrison’s language makes clear is a real possibility, given the bushfires, drought and now coronavirus impacts, it’s a little more embarrassing given there was an entire advertising campaign dedicated to moody, slightly smug, black and white portraits of the government’s leaders declaring the budget was BACK IN BLACK. There are coffee mugs. MUGS. There was the “I said we brought the budget back to surplus next year.” | If the surplus disappears, which, Frydenberg and Scott Morrison’s language makes clear is a real possibility, given the bushfires, drought and now coronavirus impacts, it’s a little more embarrassing given there was an entire advertising campaign dedicated to moody, slightly smug, black and white portraits of the government’s leaders declaring the budget was BACK IN BLACK. There are coffee mugs. MUGS. There was the “I said we brought the budget back to surplus next year.” |
| So what does Frydenberg say to that? | So what does Frydenberg say to that? |
| “We’re back in balance and no one can ever take that away from us,” the treasurer told ABC’s Fran Kelly. | “We’re back in balance and no one can ever take that away from us,” the treasurer told ABC’s Fran Kelly. |
| “I made a very clear statement based on the best advice available to us knowing that Australia is now living within its means.” | “I made a very clear statement based on the best advice available to us knowing that Australia is now living within its means.” |
| That’s Malcolm Turnbull there, as reported by David Crowe in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, speaking to an energy executive conference in Sydney yesterday. | That’s Malcolm Turnbull there, as reported by David Crowe in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, speaking to an energy executive conference in Sydney yesterday. |
| The former PM, who was dumped by his party over energy and climate policy, is now leaving it all on the floor. After a tweet storm on Sunday during Insiders: | The former PM, who was dumped by his party over energy and climate policy, is now leaving it all on the floor. After a tweet storm on Sunday during Insiders: |
| Turnbull is now taking every opportunity to remind people of what the cost of inaction is. As Crowe reports: | Turnbull is now taking every opportunity to remind people of what the cost of inaction is. As Crowe reports: |
| Meanwhile, Josh Frydenberg is having to explain how he is not embarrassed about the government getting so excited about the possibility of a surplus it launched a “back in black” advertising campaign – and $35 souvenir mug – when it is looking increasingly likely the surplus is gone, and avoiding negative growth will be lineball. | Meanwhile, Josh Frydenberg is having to explain how he is not embarrassed about the government getting so excited about the possibility of a surplus it launched a “back in black” advertising campaign – and $35 souvenir mug – when it is looking increasingly likely the surplus is gone, and avoiding negative growth will be lineball. |
| We’ll bring you that, and everything else as it happens. You have Mike Bowers, Katharine Murphy, Sarah Martin and Paul Karp as well as a one coffee me. | We’ll bring you that, and everything else as it happens. You have Mike Bowers, Katharine Murphy, Sarah Martin and Paul Karp as well as a one coffee me. |
| Ready? | Ready? |
| Let’s get into it. | Let’s get into it. |