INTERVIEW-Australia govt mulls carbon election trigger: Greens | Reuters

"It seems to me that the Rudd government is positioning itself to say 'we tried to have an emissions trading system, the opposition blocked it'," Milne told Reuters in an interview.

Poll conflict on ETS delay to save economy - National Rural News

But the findings are in stark contrast to a recent FarmOnline poll, which found 71pc of respondents wanted a delay to the introduction of an emissions trading scheme because the economy was too vulnerable.

The Federal Coalition believes that sentiment is prevalent and has tried to tap into it by opposing the introduction of the ETS due to its impact on the economy.

Gabriel London: Global Warming Warning: All Weather is Local

As it stands with global warming, there's nothing that can elevate our senses the way cold wind on our face or the sun in our eyes can when we step out the front door. Case in point, there's nothing like the fury of a hurricane to get people talking about action on climate change. But the reality is, the weather may not cooperate. We may not have record heat or extreme weather disasters to stimulate public attitudes on global warming.