Prime minister, you need a credible climate policy. It's too dangerous to keep pretending you have one

Scott Morrison says this is not a time for division, or partisanship, or point scoring. He says we should unite in response to the current crisis. That’s certainly true. We have been.

NSW fires: Australian prime minister Scott
 Morrison is briefed by RFS Commissioner
Shane Fitzsimmons in the NSW Rural Fire
Service control room on Sunday after returning
 from holiday in Hawaii.

But prime minister, this is also time to stop pretending. Talking about Australia’s woefully inadequate climate policy at this time is not partisan, it is essential. And, with respect, the same same old talking points you rolled out on your return from Hawaii just don’t cut it any more.

As you acknowledged, we are facing Christmas with dread. The immediate losses – of loved people, homes, safety, breathable air, passable highways upon which to drive to holiday, blue summer sky – those are deeply unsettling and sad.

Read the story from The Guardian by Lenore Taylor - “Prime minister, you need a credible climate policy. It's too dangerous to keep pretending you have one.”