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Phillip Coorey

Climate politics are truly bizarre

As Sydney choked in bushfire smoke, the Labor party headed to the coal belt and the Coalition fell over itself as it stampeded rhetorically in the other direction.

Bob Brown's letter published in The Australian Financial Review on Thursday pretty much sums up the mindset of the Australian Greens, the party he founded.

In his letter, Brown disagrees with the post-election orthodoxy, referenced by this reporter, that the convoy he led from Victoria to Queensland smack bang in the middle of the election campaign to protest the Adani coal mine had backfired.

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Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence. Connect with Phillip on Facebook and Twitter. Email Phillip at pcoorey@afr.com

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