Bushfires won’t change climate policy overnight. But Morrison can shift the Coalition without losing face

The hope of many people enduring this summer’s firestorms is that better climate policy will arise phoenix-like from the ashes. 

When polling resumes after the summer, Scott Morrison may
be surprised by the public’s assessment of his government’s
handling of the bushfires.

It is expressed loudly, fervently, sometimes abusively by people directly affected and those feeling solidarity with them. 

It is also expressed secretly, whispered to like-minded confidants, by others who are part of or allied with the Liberal-National (LNP) coalition government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

On Sunday, Morrison indicated that he would take a proposal to establish a royal commission into the bushfires to his Cabinet. 

But when it comes to climate policy, there are three possible scenarios in the aftermath of the crisis: everything magically changes for the better, everything stays the same or something different happens.

Read the story from The Conversation by an ARC DECRA Fellow from the Australian National University, Chris Wallace - “Bushfires won’t change climate policy overnight. But Morrison can shift the Coalition without losing face.”