Coup is good news for Whitlam

...overdoing things was Rudd's style.

Climate change was the "biggest moral challenge" of our time, which would have surprised war, third world development, state tyranny, racism, and poverty.
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First of all: there can be no ETS without a global agreement. This should be a no-brainer. With the climate change issue cleansed of Rudd's bombastic moral rhetoric, perhaps now we can focus on whether the government's policy will or will not meaningfully impact global emissions levels.

Without international agreement, Australia could shut every industry in the country and not change the temperature a nano-degree. A "price on carbon" is utterly pointless if Australians are the only ones paying it. Make Rudd special envoy for climate change. If he can get China and India on board, we'll talk again.