That is true, although is based on the assumption that the rest of the world did indeed follow our lead. To gamble with the Australian economy like that is a fairly big risk.
No it isn't, climate change is not an all or nothing concept it is very much a case of how much can we curb its impacts by. The extent to which we curbed the impact wouldn't cease to exist because a global consensus doesn't come about.
Yeah Malcolm Mack is a genius in many regards but he says some fruity stuff.
Yes darling but you read Andrew Bolt. And why do I keep bringing that up? Because it is paramount, it will undermine everything you ever say until you repudiate your defences of him.
Yes, although that is irrelevnt.
Bolt is relevant to everything.
Don't worry, his blog is still free
If for no other reason than he's a senator. Some constitutional technicality isn't going to see Labor ignore the confines of convention and precedent, particularly when there are five genuine contenders (Gillard, Crean, Rudd, Shorten and Smith) in the lower house.
Actually he appears to be muscling up for the leadership as well lately. I think he believes that if Gillard goes down, unless he usurps her he'll be going down with her. Hard to imagine under Smith but Crean and Rudd certainly have no love for Swanny.