Saga of mendacity - more a three inch putt than a hole-in-one

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Environment Minister, Greg Hunt.

n the saga of mendacity that is the climate policy debate, no claim has been more audacious than the one now being told by the federal government about Australia’s “success” in meeting its Kyoto emissions target.

Environment minister Greg Hunt now routinely makes statements like this:

We are one of the few countries in the world to have met and beaten our first round of Kyoto targets and to be on track to meet and beat our second round of Kyoto targets.

Anyone who remembers how the Kyoto targets were set will understand how hollow this boast is.

Read the story on The Conversation - “Australia hit its Kyoto target, but it was more a three-inch putt than a hole in one”.