I didn’t think I would ever be saying this but the new look Liberal parties environmental policies and spokesman (Greg Hunt) are really growing on me. Over the past few weeks I have read headline after headline detailing the Liberals supporting more and more pro-environment moves, often taking a further left stance than Labor. Here is one example;
The Federal Opposition says the Government should not be refusing help from Greenpeace to find Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean. The Opposition’s environment spokesman Greg Hunt says the Government should welcome the help. “It’s a bizarre situation where Greenpeace is trying to provide the Australian Government with information as to the whereabouts of the Japanese whaling fleet,” he said. “And the ship is being prevented, by its masters in Canberra, from receiving that information.” [Source]
I really don’t know what to think here. Is this the stance of the new Liberal party or just Mr Hunt? Is Rudd and the Labor party being too cautious? Are the Liberal’s being reckless with their comments now they aren’t in power anymore? Have they realised the error of their ways? Was getting rid of the dodgy old corrupt bastards like Howard all the Libs needed to kick off a fresh, forward looking resposnibleparty stance?
It sure is going to be an interesting year in Australian politics…
