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| Malcolm Turnbull - "Ideologue-in-chief". |
"Some people," said Malcolm Turnbull, way back in 2011, "would say that as we have a vested interest in coal being burned, we should oppose action on climate change and ... muddy the waters on climate science in order to prolong the export billions from coal mining." Thus spoke the once principled pragmatist, now repurposed by the Liberal right as the ideologue-in-chief. Thus spoke a man now unable to resist taking pot shots at state-based renewables, or blaming South Australia's recent energy woes on the shift from coal to wind despite clear advice to the contrary.
What we're told by the New Malcolm – who has accused South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill of complacency in the wake of last week's blackout – is that "if anyone had a vested interest in showing that you could do really smart, clean things with coal it would be us". So when it comes to vested interests, our Prime Minister has come full circle. Some people.
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