Peter Gallagher

Of course, the Labor party would not have needed to “back down” if it hadn’t inflated the issue with worse-than-WMD hys­te­ria, reli­gious zeal (cf. Ross Garnaut’s invo­ca­tion of Pascal’s wager) and con­tempt for con­trary evidence.

“Julia Gillard has put the pretty wrap­ping paper of con­vic­tion and con­sen­sus around Kevin Rudd’s emis­sions trad­ing back­down. But inside it’s the same poll-driven back­down.” Extract from Lenore Tay­lor | SMH —new pol­icy same old delay on car­bon price