Labor, the Greens and climate change activists have rounded on Tony Abbott for a "loopy" London speech in which the former prime minister suggested temperature rises caused by climate change could be beneficial because "far more people die in cold snaps”.
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| "Loopy" London speech by former Prime Minister, Tony Abbott. |
Political allies and friends of the former leader went to ground on Tuesday following the incendiary speech to the sceptic Global Warming Policy Forum, which is the latest in a series of dramatic interventions from Mr Abbott into the energy debate, including a recent warning that he could cross the floor rather than vote for a clean energy target.
The Coalition has effectively signalled it will not adopt a clean energy target and an alternative policy proposal, designed to ensure greater reliability in Australia's electricity networks and force down prices, could go to cabinet and then the Coalition party room as soon as next week.
Read the story by James Massola and Latika Bourke in the Melbourne Age - “Tony Abbott speech: Allies go to ground and Labor lashes 'loopy' ex-PM over climate change views.”
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