This was America, but will Turnbull's Australia be much different?

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Former US President,
Ronald Reagan.

his was in America, but even with Malcolm Turnbull at the helm, things will probably not be a lot different here in Australia, at least that is the way it appears at the moment.

Turnbull is frighteningly rich, an achievement built on ideals and values that are contrary to what will be needed if the world is to seriously act to counter climate change.

After nearly three hours, CNN’s Republican presidential debate came to a close on Wednesday night with only one mention of human-caused climate change. The answers went on for about three minutes before debate moderator Jake Tapper abruptly changed the topic to vaccines.

The question, though, was framed in an interesting way: Ronald Reagan’s own secretary of state, George Shultz, has advocated for some kind of action on climate change, just as an “insurance policy.” Tapper asked, why not follow Reagan’s example, and take out an insurance policy to respond to what scientists overwhelmingly believe will be devastating impacts of climate change?

Read the ClimateProgress story - “Republicans Got One Question About Climate Change At The Debate, And Totally Screwed It Up”.