The Hawke and Keating governments created a reforming narrative of banana republic turned clever country. Anthony Albanese could do the same with the climate revolution.
Just as the Hawke-Keating governments told a story of leading Australia’s first big transformation to an open, competitive economy, the Albanese government has an opportunity to speak of the nation’s second big economic transformation to a renewable energy superpower.
Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen (left) and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese need to be climate storytellers. Alex Ellinghausen
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Craig Emerson is managing director of Emerson Economics. He is a distinguished fellow at the ANU, director of the Australian APEC Study Centre at RMIT and adjunct professor at Victoria University’s College of Business.
