[Vision2020] BBC 5-22-22: Australia election: Anthony Albanese signals climate policy change

[Ted Moffett]

I recall Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard's promotion of action on
global warming as the first article below mentons, only for that to be
followed by a "decade of disappointment" as the article phrases it...

The second article below referenced in the subject heading might portend a
different outcome on global warming action, but I am not holding my
breath... G. W. Bush, for all his problems, had it right when he (
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/01/world/americas/01iht-state.html  )
described the public as   "...addicted to oil."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/05/how-australia-bungled-climate-policy-to-create-a-decade-of-disappointment

July, 2017
How Australia bungled climate policy to create a decade of disappointment
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-61539426

*Australia's new leader has vowed to take the country in a new direction,
with a big shift in climate policy.*

Anthony Albanese, who won Saturday's election with the opposition
centre-left Labor Party, said Australia could become a renewable energy
superpower.

He is to be sworn in as PM on Monday, but it is not clear whether his party
will have a majority in parliament.

Climate change was a key concern for voters, after three years of
record-breaking bushfire and flood events.

Outgoing PM Scott Morrison, the leader of an ousted Liberal-National
coalition, thanked the "miracle of the Australian people" after conceding.

Vote counting is still going on and he is still a few seats short of the 76
that Labor needs to secure a majority in the 151-member lower house of
parliament.

Final results may not be known for several days, as electoral officials
have just started counting nearly three million postal votes.

If the election results in a hung parliament, Greens and independents - who
have been campaigning for radical climate change action - could wield
greater influence in framing the new government's policies on the issue.
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