Bob's Report

Unfortunately the policies are being supported or opposed by politicians on essentially political, not scientific, grounds. Gordon writes:

“Though politicians might try to dress them up differently…there are three simple questions:

How far and how fast should Australia move in the direction to which the overwhelming scientific evidence is pointing?
How do we distribute the pain that the change required will inevitably impose on the Australian community ?
Should Australia lead or follow in the global response to climate change?
“At present the responses of the Rudd government and the Opposition…are weak, uncertain and often deceitful…I believe the Rudd government is capable of posing the right questions and finding the best answers. But this will only happen when this government recognises that the best way to win the next election is not the traditional method of distributing bribes but by engaging in honest and open dialogue with the Australian people about a threat that is greater than any other in the recorded history of mankind.

“Rudd must also accept that the global economic crisis is not an excuse for timidity in dealing with the global warming crisis, but rather a heaven-sent opportunity to bring about the lifestyle and attitudes that global warming calls for. We will either solve both these crises or neither.”