Perverse posturing wins local favour, but falls flat overseas

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ony Abbott’s perverse posturing saw him elected as Australia’s Prime Minister, but has done little for the fulfilling our world community responsibilities.

Major developed nations around the world are now “calling out” Australia for its absolutely (the PM’s favourite word) inadequate response to climate change.

Today’s Melbourne Age - “China and other big emitters challenge Australia over its climate changepolicies”  - reports that “The world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters, including China and the US, have questioned the credibility of Australia's climate change targets and "direct action" policy in a list of queries to the Abbott government.”