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No choice on net-zero? Really, Prime Minister?

20 October 2021

6:11 PM

20 October 2021

6:11 PM

Believing we always have a choice is key to living in a free, liberal, democratic society like Australia.

That’s why it is so concerning that the Prime Minister thinks Australians don’t have a choice on the issue of net-zero emissions, and therefore we shouldn’t debate it.

According to the Australian Financial Review’s political editor Phil Coorey, Scott Morrison told a Liberal Party room meeting this week that “the global economic reality was that the world was transitioning towards net zero and Australia had no choice but to adapt its economy or be left behind.

What is revealing about Morrison’s comment is how passive and...

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