After winning the climate election, Labor must be the climate government the whole world needs | Bill Hare

For years Australia was a roadblock to global climate action. It's time we returned to the right side of history The Australian election was, above all, a climate election. It has attracted a lot of international attention on that basis - and for very good reason. Now the government has changed, all eyes will be on the new prime minister, the energy and climate minister and our foreign minister.The climate inaction of the Morrison government attracted high profile criticism from governments such Fiji, the United Kingdom, the United States, and indeed the UN secretary general - along with many international commentators and scientists. Continue reading...