<div dir="ltr"><div>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...</div><div><br></div><div>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 (   <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/01/world/americas/01iht-state.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/01/world/americas/01iht-state.html</a>  )  described the public as   "...addicted to oil."</div><div>---------------------------------------</div><div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/05/how-australia-bungled-climate-policy-to-create-a-decade-of-disappointment">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/05/how-australia-bungled-climate-policy-to-create-a-decade-of-disappointment</a></div><div><br></div><div>July, 2017</div><div><h1 class="gmail-dcr-29zico" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px 0px;border:0px;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.15;font-family:"GH Guardian Headline","Guardian Egyptian Web",Georgia,serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(171,6,19)"><font size="2">How Australia bungled climate policy to create a decade of disappointment</font></h1></div><div>-------------------------------</div><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-61539426">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-61539426</a><div><div class="gmail-ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" style="margin:1rem 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:36.25rem;color:rgb(20,20,20)"><div class="gmail-ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><p class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b class="gmail-ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Australia's new leader has vowed to take the country in a new direction, with a big shift in climate policy.</b></p></div></div><div class="gmail-ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" style="margin:1rem 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:36.25rem;color:rgb(20,20,20)"><div class="gmail-ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><p class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Anthony Albanese, who won Saturday's election with the opposition centre-left Labor Party, said Australia could become a renewable energy superpower.</p></div></div><div class="gmail-ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" style="margin:1rem 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:36.25rem;color:rgb(20,20,20)"><div class="gmail-ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><p class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">He is to be sworn in as PM on Monday, but it is not clear whether his party will have a majority in parliament.</p></div></div><div class="gmail-ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" style="margin:1rem 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:36.25rem;color:rgb(20,20,20)"><div class="gmail-ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><p class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Climate change was a key concern for voters, after three years of record-breaking bushfire and flood events.</p></div></div><div class="gmail-ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" style="margin:1rem 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:36.25rem;color:rgb(20,20,20)"><div class="gmail-ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><p class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Outgoing PM Scott Morrison, the leader of an ousted Liberal-National coalition, thanked the "miracle of the Australian people" after conceding.</p></div></div><div class="gmail-ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" style="margin:1rem 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:36.25rem;color:rgb(20,20,20)"><div class="gmail-ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><p class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">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.</p><div class="gmail-ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" style="margin:1rem 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:36.25rem"><div class="gmail-ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><p class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Final results may not be known for several days, as electoral officials have just started counting nearly three million postal votes.</p></div></div><div class="gmail-ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" style="margin:1rem 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:36.25rem"><div class="gmail-ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><p class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">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.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div>