If One Nation wants to be a serious political player, Barnaby Joyce needs to get his facts straight on the climate crisis

It’s worth comparing the One Nation MP’s views with those of an expert – the executive director of the International Energy Agency Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Barnaby Joyce is not what most people would describe as a reliable commentator on the climate crisis , though he can sometimes be memorable on a microphone. In 2009, the then National party senator said, without evidence, that Labor’s doomed carbon pricing scheme would inflate the cost of a lamb roast to more $100. It wasn’t true , but the claim reverberated through the political debate as a weapon and a punchline. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

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