Malcolm Turnbull slams PM's response to climate change and bushfires

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Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of 'misleading' Australians over climate change | BevanShields

in March last year to talk about the gravity of the threat. Everybody knew we were in a very dry time and as a consequence the fire season was likely to be very bad.

"To be a climate change denier is a badge of honour on the right wing of politics here and the United States, and it's mad. Climate change contributed to Mr Turnbull's loss of the Liberal Party leadership in 2009 and then his prime ministership in 2018. His proposed National Energy Guarantee was abandoned by the Coalition following the botched leadership challenge by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton that eventually installed Mr Morrison in The Lodge. Mr Turnbull has since advocated for the NEG to be reintroduced as government policy., in April.

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