By now you would have all recovered from the astonishing news that our alleged Environment Minister, Greg Hunt has won the inaugural Best Minister in the World award at World Government Summit in Dubai. We are told that:
Mr Hunt was in Dubai to receive his award overnight, with the conference leaders saying he had played a crucial role in reducing carbon emissions.
His award was judged on criteria that included innovation, leadership, impact and reputation.
The World Government Summit is dedicated to shaping the future of government through innovation and technology.
‘Innovation, leadership, impact and reputation’. Surely that is a joke.
If I may quote the Labor Party, this is what Greg Hunt really did to win the award:
- Oversaw a 1.3 per cent rise in carbon emissions
- Attempted to delist 74,000 hectares of World Heritage forests in Tasmania
- Suspended the management plan for 1.3 million square kilometres of Australian marine parks, leaving them unprotected
- Appointed a windfarm commissioner (who is paid $205,000 for a part-time job)
- Introduced an expensive scheme to pay polluters . . . that doesn’t even work
- Drove investment in renewables down in Australia by 88 per cent in 2014.
Not only that, but his own department reports that Australia’s emissions are set to rise all the way to 2020.
Yes, it must be a joke. Surely.
Now tell me how he had played a crucial role in reducing carbon emissions. And show us the ‘innovation, leadership, impact and reputation’. We can see the impact, and what it has done to Australia’s reputation?
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Further reading about our alleged Environment Minister:
The breath-taking hypocrisy of Environment Minister Hunt
The breathtaking hypocrisy of Environment Minister Hunt – an update
The Madness of Greg Hunt and the Carmichael Mine
Will the logging stop, Mr Hunt?
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