Australia is under increasing pressure to take stronger action on climate change following the election of Joe Biden in the United States.Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has called on the Morrison government to use Mr Biden's election to commit to the same goal.
The former resources minister said power prices could be drastically reduced with the construction of coal-fired power stations. The manufacturing blueprint poses a real problem for Scott Morrison, who now faces duelling pressures at home and aboard. Mr Biden has pledged to replace US government vehicles with American-made electric cars, while Australia is still yet to set a policy on the issue.Energy Minister Angus Taylor on Monday spoke with his US counterpart John Kerry, who is the special presidential envoy for climate.
SBS With the move from Trump insanity to the new Biden administration and the total pivot to fighting Climate Change I wonder how isolated ScottyFromPhotoOps is feeling now?
mattjcan of course he has. Literally in their pocket
Time to get rid of the Nationals altogether- most of their lineup is a joke anyway Canavan , Joyce and the deputy PM - none of them worth a salary
sorry I'm wrong! 15 years. Can you imagine what our summers are going to be like in 15 years given the rapid increase in average temperatures.
It takes a decade to get a coal fired power station up and running Why anyone listens to these idiots is beyond me.
Clearest sign yet that the Nationals understand that Australia's international coal markets will be shrinking.
Guarantee they will never release any realistic costings.
The Nationals have released a plan to revitalise Australian manufacturing by legislating for steam driven cars, wringer washing machines and ice chests.
guess the Nationals don't represent farmers and others in rural Australia who want action on climate change. They only represent mining companies and should be registered as a Lobby group. farmingforever
The Notionals continue to flog a dead horse. Mining - ALL mining - only accounts for somewhere between 2% - 3% of all jobs.
Obviously, the Nationals don't want any new jobs unless it is mining and burning fossil fuels jobs. Sounds more like support for fossil fuel corporations than it does for jobs.
auspol
Putting the Coal in Coalition
Nationals MPs need to look elsewhere for opportunities to grow manufacturing jobs and boost farm productivity. No coal needed. agchatoz
mattjcan is not a member of parliament, he is not a servant of Australians. He is a grub working for the coal industry
Mmm not so sure
How long is this shonky coalition going to last. Must be splitting the Libs in two!
👍use what you've got!
SBS So, the Agrarian Socialist Nationals are wanting taxpayers to massively subsidise a dopey coal plan that will destroy our environment further. Another stupid plan from Canavan
Imagine building a coal fired power station when renewables are so much cheaper to run and establish. Are we going to see more government handouts to corporations from the team who hates socialism?
If you built a coal powered station on every corner to drive industry nothing would change. Why? Because it not about power, it's about making stuff, that people want, at a price they are prepared to pay and coal adds nothing to the solution to that problem.
We need reliable electricity like coal fired power stations if you go down the road of renewables like Germany California you’re looking at blackouts hi electricity prices
Meanwhile the nat party voters suffer the effects
Putrid
Stone Age bogans.
deniseshrivell A pre-emptive strike to tell the Libs who's boss & to stymie any influence which might be garnered from Biden. The Nats will decide all activity which happens in Oz.
This can't just be dismissed as crazy talk. Canavan et al are climate criminals. Sooner or later they will be held responsible for the criminal negligence of making the ClimateCrisis worse.
the fuck what!!!
deniseshrivell Also known as ...
Coal, warming, drought, Farming hardship, Nationals voting base... 🤷♂️
Sensible party.
Bring back stam engines. Steam is just water. Brilliant.
I bet the farriers wish mattjcan was around when Henry Ford was building his factory.
The Nationals' policies are stuck on an Alternative reality which they believe will help them steal blue-collar votes from Labor, just as One Nation tries. Not with my taxes, Matt. Find private investors, I dare you.
Dumb leaders for dumb people.
Ste they ever going to go away?
Nationals work for coal companies while regional Australia burns.
Oh FFS!
That's funny because literally everyone in manufacturing & mining is getting behind cheap renewables - Especially the industries who use a lot of power! mattjcan is again just looking after his mates in coal indusrty and ignoring what manufacturing is saying.
It's a joke as are the Nat's.
Nice.
It's only natural that fossils promote fossil fuels!!
The party of the fossil fuel vested interests. Australia keeps voting for this crap.
How do these dinosaurs not understand that their base who live on the land care deeply about the environment?
Why do they want pollution? China doesn't even want our coal anymore and Australians are going solar.
All stooges for ma$$ive vested interest$. These COALition MPs do not represent any electorate, state or nation. They are groomed, promoted, owned, & controlled by corporate entities.
Luddite
Biden election = Nationals stuffed.
Radicalisation level: Extreme.