IT'S ABOUT THE PLANET
Malcolm Turnbull is more obsessed than any of us suspected:
This is about the future of our planet and the future of our children and their children … We must retain our credibility on taking action on climate change. We cannot be seen as a party of climate sceptics and do-nothings on climate change.
Malcolm Turnbull's leadership has been destroyed in a spectacular and unprecedented fashion. For the first time, a grassroots revolt by local Liberal branches and members has brought down the leader of the parliamentary Liberal Party … If the ETS passes in the Senate today, the Liberal Party could be led next week by an opponent of the ETS who will want to attack it all the way to the next election.
Tony Abbott will challenge Malcolm Turnbull for the Liberal leadership on Monday - but Joe Hockey is now set to also run for the leadership and is emerging as a favourite. Liberal sources say Mr Hockey, the Shadow Treasurer, is now preparing to reconsider his support for Malcolm Turnbull's Emissions Trading Scheme policy to win party room support.
Hey team re The ETS. Give me your views please on the policy and political debate. I really want your feedback.
Beating a hasty retreat Mr Turnbull proceeded to jump the taxi queue in front of Edgecliff shopping centre, drawing a stream of abuse from a woman who had been waiting. ‘‘God I hate Turnbull. He’s such a bully,’’ said the woman who refused to be named.
Happy Inauguration Day to all the haters and losers
The loser/hater community now faces an enemy who has become massively emboldened by that community’s own ruinous tactics. Trump’s foes are the authors of their own destruction, writes Tim Blair.
Beach clean-up a small price to pay to see fun return to Sydney
Scenes of garbage left on beaches by Christmas Day revellers have spawned outrage, but Tim Blair reckons Sydneysiders could learn a thing or two from the partying backpackers.
Heated holy rollers are making the children cry
Thousands of Australian schoolchildren still suffer climate trauma thanks to doomy teachers, academics, politicians and the media, yet none of their apocalyptic predictions ever come true, and worse still, they never apologised, writes Tim Blair.
McDonald Trump has his foes in panic mode
Serving fries at McDonald’s and poking fun at Kamala Harris’s claims to have worked there is just one of the many ways Donald Trump continues to connect with regular people and defy his delusional critics, writes Tim Blair.
Friday Noticeboard
Today’s noticeboard is brought to you by a daring public experiment. In Sydney this week, intrepid social engineers attempted to discover what happens when you combine feminism, comedy and an audience of sad wokens.
Surely No Such Damning Evidence Exists
To those who describe incoming governor-general Sam Mostyn as a lifelong activist hack whose unimpressive record can’t help but cheapen her office, I say: show me the proof.