Tony Abbott's climate frolic is strange and sad – and all about politics

It would be tempting to laugh at Tony Abbott’s feelings about how carbon dioxide is secretly good for humanity, and his insights into the goat sacrificing habits of primitives subduing volcano gods – except it isn’t that funny.

‘Abbott positions himself as a critical player in energy policy,
when the truth is all the heavy lifting is outside his orbit.’ 

The London outing is more strange and sad, and the strangeness and the sadness manifests itself on multiple fronts.

Let’s start with strange.

The bloke who hobnobbed with the climate sceptics at Global Warming Policy Foundation is the same bloke who took a decision as prime minister to sign Australia up to the Paris international climate agreement.

Read Katharine Murphy’s story on The Guardian - “Tony Abbott's climate frolic is strange and sad – and all about politics.”