Ipsos poll: Voters back Labor to deal with climate change

Michael Koziol. 

Only half the Coalition's voters believe it is the best to handle climate change, as the Morrison government struggles to manage a damaging split over the Adani mine and shift the focus back to Labor’s energy policies.

As the government ramps up pressure on the opposition over the environment and electric cars, it has also asked bureaucrats to model the economic impact of Labor's climate change agenda and plans to run hard against the proposals once the analysis is done.

Read the story from The Age by Michael Koziol - “Ipsos poll: Voters back Labor to deal with climate change.”

‘Very little of what Tony Abbott says is helpful': Coalition anger boils over on energy policy

A damaging split has intensified in the Coalition over energy policy as MPs rail against Malcolm Turnbull's signature National Energy Guarantee, prompting complaints about an "incredibly frustrating" level of leaking and disunity.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has called for
Australia to pull out of the Paris climate agreement 
- this man is long past his use by date, if he ever had one.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott set the stage for the outbreak with a speech calling for Australia to abandon the Paris climate agreement he signed up to as prime minister, while outspoken Nationals MP George Christensen joined Mr Abbott in threatening to cross the floor and vote against the NEG.

Read Michael Koziol’s story from The Age - “‘Very little of what Tony Abbott says is helpful': Coalition anger boils over on energy policy.”