Don’t forget the 'big picture' says man who could kill energy plan

When ministers meet next week to unpick the knots in Australia’s latest energy plan, the ACT’s Shane Rattenbury will be thinking past the political tangle before him.

ACT Climate Change Minister Shane Rattenbury says
 it's "easy to lose sight of the big picture" of climate
change when debating energy policy.

Of course Australia badly needs to end the time-wasting climate policy wars. Yes, power bills are hurting households, and a large chunk of our electricity supply rests with a suite of rickety coal-fired power plants soon due to retire.

But the stakes are unthinkably high in the world’s big gamble with climate change, and Mr Rattenbury is not convinced the government’s proposed National Energy Guarantee is Australia’s best bet.

Read the story from The Age by Nicole Hasham - “Don’t forget the 'big picture' says man who could kill energy plan.”