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Sunday, 16 February 2020

'I don't think we should fund new coal-fired power plants': Trent Zimmerman on climate and the Liberals



Podcast from The Guardian

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The Liberal MP for North Sydney, Trent Zimmerman, joins Katharine Murphy to discuss his party’s historical stance on climate change, how denialism was brought into Australian politics and how he navigates the party line when his constituents largely believe in the need to take action on climate

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2020/feb/16/i-dont-think-we-should-fund-new-coal-fired-power-plants-trent-zimmerman-on-climate-and-the-liberals

• Trent Zimmerman backs net zero emissions target but foresees more Coalition in-fighting
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Hosted by Katharine Murphy and produced by Miles Herbert
Sun 16 Feb 2020 06.00 AEDT

The MP for North Sydney, Trent Zimmerman, takes part in the Sydney Mardi Gras.
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I was inspired to start this when I discovered old editions of "The Worker". "The Worker" was first published in March 1890, it was the Journal of the Associated Workers of Queensland. It was a Political Newspaper for the Labour Movement. The first Editor was William "Billy" Lane who strongly supported the iconic Shearers' Strike in 1891. He planted the seed of New Unionism in Queensland with the motto “that men should organise for the good they can do and not the benefits they hope to obtain,” he also started a Socialist colony in Paraguay. Because of the right-wing bias in some sections of the Australian media, I feel compelled to counter their negative and one-sided version of events. The disgraceful conduct of the Murdoch owned Newspapers in the 2013 Federal Election towards the Labor Party shows how unrepresentative some of the Australian media has become.
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