Scotty From Marketing Now Says His Gov Has Always Connected Warming To Massive Fires, Droughts
The government continues to rewrite history on its position on climate change and how it has linked to disasters. Asked whether Australia will exert diplomatic pressure on its allies – such as the US – to do more on emissions reductions, Scott Morrison says:
"I should stress that there is no dispute in this country about the issue of climate change, globally, and its effect on global weather patterns, and that includes how that impacts in Australia. I have to correct the record here. I have seen a number of people suggest that somehow the government does not make this connection.
The government has always made this connection and that has never been in dispute.
What we are focused on is what our response is and we set that out very clearly and that response, as it always has, will continue to be upgraded to make sure we have met the commitments we have made.
And before the PMO calls me, the total of this “always accepts” before this crisis, was pointing to a statement Morrison delivered in February, which mentioned climate change “among a number of other factors” as being to blame for worsening natural disasters."
The deputy prime minister, at the beginning of this emergency, said it was only “raving inner-city lunatics” who were making the link between climate change and the worsening bushfire season, which was backed up by several members of the government.
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