A gesture only, but a symbolic one none the less:
The federal government has been censured by the Senate for failing to adequately deliver climate change programs.
The coalition and all seven cross-bench senators teamed up on Tuesday to reprimand Labor over its mismanagement of the home insulation, green loans and solar rebate schemes.
In moving the censure motion, Australian Greens leader Bob Brown said there had also been “gross and systemic failure” in the government’s renewable remote power generation program and renewable energy target.
“The use of the censure, I can assure senators, is not taken by me – after 24 years parliamentary experience – lightly at all,” he told parliament.
“However we are, as a nation, witnessing one of the most gross episodes of mishandling of the public money and the public trust in recent governments history.”
One of the very rare occasions where I agree with Bob Brown. But why is Peter “Big baldy ball-bag” Garrett still in his job, after one of the worst displays of ministerial incompetence in living memory?
Read it here.
Australian Climate Madness 
Have you seen Hamiltons latest offering on ABC’s The Drum? An attack on Andrew Bolt and other sceptic blogs.
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2827047.htm#comments
What a bloody disgraceful individual. You’ve got to wonder if he still thinks he’s addressing kids.
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2765351.htm
Verdict – This man is truly creepy.
Hi Simon,
Yes even Bob Brown can get it right sometimes, but probably accidental (lol).
As you have studied law, I have a question. Is it possible to press fraud charges on a serving minister of the crown ? I’m thinking of Garrett and Wong here in regard to their false claims regarding sceptics, and general hysteria and misrepresentations with respect to costs of the CPRS, etc, etc.
@Keith: Politicians lie and misrepresent for a living – if we could prosecute them for that, they’d all be in jail (only half-joking response)
It is absolutely appalling how K Rudd and his comrades treat our money as though it is worthless, its almost getting to the point that we would save money if they simply burnt it – at least that way we wouldn’t be lumbered with huge bureaucracy as well!