John Howard's Credibility "Shredded" By Revelations Of Cabinet Climate Wrangling, Says Labor Party

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LABOR says the coalition's climate change credibility has been "shredded" by revelations Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull recently failed to convince cabinet to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.

Mr Turnbull and Prime Minister John Howard today repeatedly refused to contradict a newspaper report the minister told cabinet just six weeks ago the Government would gain kudos and lose nothing by ratifying the international climate change agreement.

Cabinet reportedly decided not to take Mr Turnbull's advice because it believed such a backflip would not look credible with voters after 10 years opposing the agreement. Mr Turnbull today refused to even say whether he personally believed, or had ever believed, Australia should sign Kyoto.

He said it would be only a symbolic or political move if Australia did sign the agreement at this stage. "It would not change what we are doing because we are already committed to meet ... those targets," Mr Turnbull told Sky News.

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1. John Howard's WHAT?

Pull the other one.