CLIMATE COUNCIL CELEBRATES FIVE YEARS
It was almost immediately after the Abbott government came to power in 2013, that the Climate Commission and everyone in it, was kicked to the curb,” said former Chief Commissioner turned Chief Climate Councillor Professor Tim Flannery.
However, back in 2011 the story of the Climate Council first began when it was announced by Julia Gillard’s Labor government to communicate reliable authoritative information about climate change in Australia.
As can be the case with government agencies that fail to draw bipartisan support, Flannery and other foundational members of the organisation prepared for the worst should there be a changing of the guard in Parliament.
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