If the Coalition has had a climate epiphany, I'm Beyoncé

Let’s start with the good news. Scott Morrison is talking constructively about climate change because he is intelligent enough to understand that failing to do that renders the Coalition unelectable in parts of the country, and with parts of its own base.

Monday's climate policy pivot reflects Morrison’s limited options.

Compared with where we’ve been, a Liberal prime minister standing up at a podium, accepting the science of climate change and making the case for action, is progress.

We need to acknowledge it.

But this isn’t, ultimately, a test of talking points.

It has to be a test of substance, and a test of whether or not you are prepared to be a grown-up government facing up to a significant policy problem – and the truth is the Coalition has been here before.

Read the story from The Guardian by Katharine Murphy - “If the Coalition has had a climate epiphany, I'm Beyoncé.”