THE mood among Liberal Party supporters is darkening as the Party continues its hard lurch to the Left, shedding millions of voters as it does. From this month’s Western Australia debacle – where a radical Liberal opposition was all but wiped out – to recent big losses in Queensland, the Northern Territory and a minority government in Tasmania, there’s little joy among centre-right conservatives.
Federal MP Zali Steggall is being advised on climate issues by one of the nation’s most disproved doomsday scientists. Left-wing activist Tim Flannery was appointed by Ms Steggall in 2019 to advise her on meteorological issues, despite his speciality area being with mammals.
THE two political Parties pushing the most radical climate policies have been all but wiped out in last week’s Western Australian election. The Greens lost 75 per cent of its parliamentary representation while a confused Liberal Party shed 85 per cent of its seats.
WESTERN Australia’s Liberal Party has been electorally destroyed, its greens-embracing leader turfed from parliament and the Party replaced by the Nationals as official opposition. The Party, which had attempted outgreen Labor, now holds just two of the State’s 59 parliamentary seats, trailing both Labor (53) and the Nationals (4).
BHP has fallen into line with Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s mantra that emissions reduction should occur via technology, not bankruptcy. After years of BHP plying for Green applause, its newly minted CEO Mike Henry has turfed the company’s activism and delivered record wealth instead.
NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean has splashed almost $12b of taxpayer cash on his green crusade – a move described as a blatant wealth transfer.
PANICKED members of WA’s extreme Left Liberal Party have blamed faith-based candidates for their expected wipe-out on Saturday.
After defying the prime minister and committing to net zero carbon emissions a full 20 years earlier than the Greens – and promising to close half the State’s coal power stations while at it – the WA Liberals face an unprecedented routing at the March 13 election.
LABOR has admitted it’s baffled by its ongoing election losses in spite of the Party’s “intellectual and moral superiority”. Former Labor Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon said his Party had an unhealthy self-opinion and showed little respect for its opponents.
WITH nearly 24 per cent of power from the wind and more to come, the Texas power grid was humming along nicely, a shining example of renewables at work saving the planet. Then along came this month’s week long snow storm. The wind turbines froze up.
PILATE’S contemptuous dismissal of truth echoes down the ages. Those who, like Pilate, wash their hands while authoritarians try to gag anyone they insist must not speak, ignore what distinguishes civilisation from the evil alternatives. The search for truth is dependent on freedom of speech. As Robert Menzies warned: “Today’s truth is frequently tomorrow’s error…. If truth is to emerge and in the long run be triumphant, the process of free debate – the untrammelled clash of opinion – must go on”.
