Tony Abbott shuts down Climate Commission

[Seedersandleechers]

Source: Illawarra Mercury

The Abbott government has abolished the Climate Commission, which had been established to provide public information on the impacts and potential solutions to global warming.

Environment Minister Greg Hunt rang chief climate commissioner Tim Flannery at 10am on Thursday to tell him the body had been shut down.

Plans to shut down the Climate Commission, along with a range of other climate-change related institutions, had been flagged by the Coalition heading into the 2013 election.

Professor Flannery, who has been Australia's chief climate commissioner since 2011, is due to hold a press conference at 1.30pm in Melbourne.

Read more: http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/1787926/tony-abbott-shuts-down-climate-commission/?cs=298

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I was so surprised when Australia elected this man.

[Dustlawyer]

1. And after the heat wave they had too!

[Jackpine Radical]

2. It would be interestig to know more about the financing of Aussie elections.

I wonder if they're snorting the local equivalent of Koch down there.

Murdoch?

[kentauros]

6. Not Murdoch. Think of another wealthy Australian: Gina Rinehart

Gina Rinehart - Political Activities

Rinehart opposes the Federal Government's proposed Mineral Resource Rent Tax and the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. In 2010 Rinehart joined with Andrew Forrest and others in opposing the proposals.[40]

Rinehart founded the lobby group ANDEV, ("Australians for Northern Development & Economic Vision&quot [41] and has sponsored the trips of prominent climate change sceptic Christopher Monckton to Australia.[42][43]

[pampango]

3. Shuts climate commission and only one woman in the cabinet. Sounds like a politician who

could run as a republican if he were in the US.

[Theyletmeeatcake2]

4. Look up Tony Abbott on YouTube to see the calibre of the man..

What have we done? The guy is totally beholden to the Murdoch press, large miners,and corporate Australia . It's like going back to year zero....

[uriel1972]

5. I wasn't suprised that we got him,

And I'm not suprised he's doing what he set out to do. I'm just suprised other people are suprised. There is a dark side to Australia and it's coming out to play.

[blkmusclmachine]

7. No phony 11-Dimensional "bipartisanship" there.