Power failure : the inside story of climate politics under Rudd and Gillard / Philip Chubb.
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TextPublisher: Collingwood, VIC : Black Inc. Agenda, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: xvii, 302 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781863956604; 9781922231512Subject(s): Climate change mitigation -- Australia | Climatic changes -- Government policy -- Australia | Fossil fuels -- Government policy -- Australia | Coal trade -- Environmental aspects -- Australia | Australia -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 363.73874 Summary: What should Australia do about climate change? A succession of leaders has tried to answer this question - and come unstuck. Politicians and public servants call it a 'wicked' problem - one highly resistant to solution - and many approaches have been developed and discarded by the major parties. Some believe Australia's dependence on coal makes effective action impossible. In this book, award-winning journalist Philip Chubb examines the tenacity of fossil-fuel interests and their allies in business, politics and the media when their power is challenged. He reveals and analyses the political strategies of prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard as they tried to overcome the obstacles created by Australia's carbon-intensive economy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
What should Australia do about climate change? A succession of leaders has tried to answer this question - and come unstuck. Politicians and public servants call it a 'wicked' problem - one highly resistant to solution - and many approaches have been developed and discarded by the major parties. Some believe Australia's dependence on coal makes effective action impossible. In this book, award-winning journalist Philip Chubb examines the tenacity of fossil-fuel interests and their allies in business, politics and the media when their power is challenged. He reveals and analyses the political strategies of prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard as they tried to overcome the obstacles created by Australia's carbon-intensive economy.
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