It would be easy to simply see the current stand off over energy and climate change policy as what the late and legendary rugby league commentator Rex Mossop would have called "deja vu all over again”.
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At one end of the spectrum, the Greens reject the government proposal for a set of policy levers, which potentially put the climate wars of the last decade to bed.
You will recall that in 2009 the Greens insisted that the Rudd government's emissions reduction plans were not ambitious enough, giving Labor no option but to negotiate with the Coalition, then led by Malcolm Turnbull. Mr Turnbull did negotiate, compromises were made.
At the other end of spectrum is Tony Abbott, the bloke who killed the 2009 deal and, with it, the leadership of Mr Turnbull.
Read the ABC News story by Laura Tingle - “As National Energy Guarantee negotiations continue, Labor holds the trump card.”
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