Nick Feik

“If you wanted a symbol of Australia’s climate policy, you could do worse than look at the story of Grant King. King is the chair of the Climate Change Authority, the independent government agency legislated to advise the government on climate policy.”

“In recent months the federal government’s position on climate change has shifted. Not in policy terms: the change has been restricted to its rhetoric. It has a new strategy to avoid responsibility. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has become adept …”

Since the Darling River ran dry six months ago, Wilcannia’s residents have been left to truck in drinking water. Politicians blame the drought, but locals cite mismanagement and corruption.

“The deficit levy proved Tony Abbott's talk about good governance and proper process, about being a government of no surprises, was empty rhetoric.”

The environment is the one area in which the government has stuck to its guns.