Abbott's Env. Minister - Left, Greens Are "Against Electricity", Want People To Live In Caves
Environment Minister Greg Hunt on Sunday became the latest in a conga line of federal government ministers – from the Prime Minister down – to make an appearance on the Ten Network’s The Bolt Report. And, like his predecessors, Hunt was keen to make an early offering suitable for the court of Australia’s most influential far right commentator:
“The extreme left …. is against electricity,” Hunt offered, to Bolt’s great pleasure, as he dived to the bottom of the barrel to drag out one of the favourite memes that can be found in the darkest recesses of blogs such as Bolt’s.
This holds that the “Left” wants to wear hair shirts, live in caves, and are anti capitalist. And, of course, they don’t want electricity. And, by the “extreme left”, Hunt means organisations such as GetUp, the Greens, environmental groups and anyone else who is against the development of the massive thermal coal mines in Queensland and elsewhere. Actually, in the context of the Carmichael coal mine, which was the subject of the “discussion” between Bolt and Hunt, it is that most people – at least those beyond the coal lobby – simply think that there are smarter, cleaner and less damaging ways of doing business.
But Hunt wasn’t ready to stop there. “At the end of the day, this is about providing electricity to up to 100 million people in India. Obviously, there’s an enormous benefit for Australian families and communities. But, in India, where 100 million people can be lifted out of poverty, where there can be electricity for hospitals and schools, of course the hard left, the extreme left, are silent about that, they effectively demonise the people that are bringing folk out of poverty, and I think it’s time that they have an honest conversation.”
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http://reneweconomy.com.au/2014/greg-hunt-the-extreme-left-is-against-electricity-44297
