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| New Australian PM abolishes climate watchdog |
| 2013-09-19 |
| [FRANCE24] Australia's new conservative government on Thursday abolished an independent climate change commission set up by the previous Labor administration, as part of its plans to streamline bureaucracy. This is the approach that's never never mentioned, and I'm guessing never considered when talking about cutting the budget. The Climate Commission was set up to provide apolitical and reliable information to the public about the science of climate change, emissions targets and international action being taken. I'm guessing it was then packed with partisans and did anything but what it was advertised to be doing. I could be wrong, of course. But probably not. But Prime Minister Tony Abbott's conservative coalition, which plans to repeal Labor's tax on corporate pollution and is the first post-war Australian government not to have a science minister, said an independent body was not needed and the role would be assumed by the Department of the Environment. The first serious step toward cutting the U.S. budget would be to pick some eentsy-weentsy notshit sinecure agency or bureau and abolish it. Anything serious it actually does, which it probably doesn't, can be folded into some existing organization and the hacks and time servers staffing it can be turned out to pasture. "As part of the coalition's plans to streamline government processes and avoid duplication of services the commission's function to provide independent advice and analysis on climate change will be continued by the Department of the Environment," said new Environment Minister Greg Hunt. Be ready for the firestorm when consolidation is proposed. You'll quickly learn from any number of politicians that the Interstate Shipping and Drydock Paint Commission is sorely needed and essential to the functioning of a civilized society and that its abolition in a cleverly disguised racist attack on a Woman's Right to Choose®, just as bad, if not worse than, anything Hitler ever did. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Fred commented: I'm guessing it was then packed with partisans and did anything but what it was advertised to be doing. I could be wrong, of course. But probably not. Give that man a cigar. If you follow Tim Blair (http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/) down under you will have been seeing this bureaucratic abortion from day one. Flannery is one of the biggest AGW scam artists around, Flim Flam Flannery is as bad as Gore, Mann and the IPCC. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-09-19 15:19 |
| #4 I can't wait to read Flannery's next post or column; riding shotgun in the Whaaahbulance... |
| Posted by: Raj 2013-09-19 14:45 |
| #3 "The first serious step toward cutting the U.S. budget would be to pick some eentsy-weentsy notshit sinecure agency or bureau and abolish it." Transfer 1/10 of all other agencies and bureaus into that chosen agency and then use its size as an excuse to cut it. If all works well you can dump all of the partisans and incompentants (or at least 1/10th of them) in one swoop. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-09-19 14:44 |
| #2 The academic that headed the Commission was making $180,000-a-year part-time. I'd like a part-time job like that! |
| Posted by: tipover 2013-09-19 13:11 |
| #1 Tony Abbott is off to a good start. Any other country afflicted with a trundlethrift government and a debauched political culture would do well to take notes. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2013-09-19 12:53 |