Fibber Chris Bowen is Minister for Safeguards, 43% Emissions Reduction, and Net Zero. In other words, Minister for Rising Emissions.

EU threatened Morrison with carbon "border taxes" because Morrison didn't really buy UN Net Zero. As soon as Woke Albanese spoke the correct climate-speak, he went straight into Olaf's "German Climate Club". Justin Trudeau lauded his "climate action" and "immense courage". Yawn

In theory CBAM would solve the carbon leakage problem but getting it to work would be difficult. For example was a batch of aluminium smelted using coal or hydro? The importing country would need sound policies to have the moral authority to impose carbon tariffs. That cuts out Australia with its rubbery safeguard mechanism and dodgy carbon credits. Every country that imports our coal or LNG would have to be blackbanned i.e. their exports carbon taxed and that should include invisible exports such as inbound tourism. Thus you'd pay extra to visit India since they are carbon bad guys. Iceland nothing more to pay.

I think we have to make a start along these lines to highlight some inconsistencies. As the West keeps saying why should we close coal plants when China and India build new ones? Make it hard for them.

Chris Bowen is a maniac

ALP have ruined the Labor Party, they're nothing but a parasitic academic Yuppie Club now !
To be even more to the point, they're now exactly like the Tories they so despised over the years ! Living it up at workers' expense !

Yes, Graham, but it has hurt them more than us. And with trillions of unrepayable debt, now teeter on the brink of bankruptcy?

China has little if any oil or gas, and for now needs our coal.

That said, they have built an operational thorium reactor in the Gobi Desert. And given they have eliminated the bugs, look set to build many more.

And with that, end their harmful reliance on coal, gas and oil.
Alan B.

This country is fast becoming a South African look alike. The wealthy can remain self protected in gated communities while the rabble scrounge.

Now the majority of South Africans have little to lose, the Bolsheviks have openly moved in; whereas here in Australia the revolution is still closed off at the top!

Can the objectors expect their teeth to be chiselled out and their tongue stitched to the top lip.

It’s all been done before. If I were Jewish I’d be particularly worried right now!