COALITION'S CAUCUS OF CLIMATE DENIERS

Media Release

Mark Butler MP

Shadow Minister for Environment
Climate Change and Water

          Date: 24 April 2014

What’s the collective noun for a group of climate deniers? Coalition Caucus.
Liberal Member for Dawson George Christensen has today spilled the beans on the Coalition’s real view on climate change, saying “a number” of Liberals disagree that climate change is real.
Mr Christensen also backed the views of Tony Abbott’s chief business adviser, Maurice Newman, who this week disagreed with 97 per cent of the world’s scientists, telling the ABC that there is no evidence of man-made climate change or any climate change at all.
The Age revealed today that Tony Abbott’s Commission of Audit hasn’t even considered the Coalition’s Direct Action policy saying, “The Commission of Audit couldn’t really look at it because we didn’t have a policy to look at.”
The fact that the Commission of Audit hasn’t assessed the Liberals Direct Action policy speaks volumes about what a sham of a policy this really is.
Direct Action will pay big polluters to pollute, and cost Australian taxpayers more – talk about twisted priorities.
Australia can’t afford to do nothing on pollution – but that’s exactly what Tony Abbott is doing.
The Abbott Government has the wrong priorities and is not taking any meaningful action against climate change. In Tony Abbott’s own words - climate change is "absolute crap".
Australia needs an effective system in place to reduce pollution and address climate change.