A horse designed by a committee
When in doubt, set up a committee – or in this case, two committees. Julia Gillard and Labor don’t have a clue how to address the climate change policy issue, especially with the Coalition stealing the thunder with their direct action plan [even though this blog believes that no policy on climate change is required at all; it’s like having a policy on “the sun rising in the morning” – it will happen anyway, so why bother having a policy on it?] so they plan to set up a brace of committees, one of scientists and one of the general public:
The ABC understands Ms Gillard will outline plans to set up a committee of scientists to advise the Government on climate change.
The committee will be paired with a citizens’ assembly, consisting of 100-200 volunteers who will gauge feeling of the community on its attitude towards putting a price on carbon, and feed it back to the Government.
And we can all imagine who will be on the scientists committee – usual suspect alarmists like David “Asteroid” Karoly and Will Steffen, maybe headed up by someone independent like Penny Wong, perhaps? Hang on a minute, I wonder if they’ll ask Ian Plimer or Bob Carter? Yeah, right. If they did, this author would fall off his perch. And we can guess the “volunteers” will all be paid up Labor/Green warmists who have all been brainwashed by government propaganda and a compliant media to give the answers the government want to hear.
The Coalition have already, and rightly, rubbished the proposal:
Shadow Environment Spokesman Greg Hunt says Julia Gillard’s proposed “citizens assembly” will fail to produce action.
He says the Opposition is promising a $2.5 billion fund to battle emissions.
“It’s a recipe for endless Rudd-type talks,” he said.
“Kevin Rudd himself would be proud of the 2020 summit meets Copenhagen.”
I disagree that it will fail to produce action, it probably will produce action – an ETS or a carbon tax, both of which would trash Australia’s already weakened economy for no benefit to the climate, locally or globally, whatsoever.
Read it here.
Australian Climate Madness 
Well this is kind of a good sign. Clearly, Gillard knows the trust of the IPCC is in tatters. Hopefully her panel of scientists won’t have an agenda like the IPCC does, and they never should.
@Dave N: Too trusting, I’m afraid! 😉 Gillard’s “science panel” will be just as stacked with warmists as the IPCC – would put money on it.
I agree with your sentiments – all this time and money to be wasted on a non-problem. It will go on and on as it is now totally political. As the warmist science has lost all credibility what else will drive it!
You do yourself a disservice though some of the best decisions are made by committees If the committee is chaired by a responsible leader that brings all expertise together. Quality Circles for example!
I think nature got it right with the camel. it was designed for hot, arid environments. i know I would rather take a camel with me to cross the Simpson desert that last year’s winner of the Melbourne Cup!
A hopeful part of her quasi plan is to “examine the science”. As I said in a response a few days ago, I have received supposedly inside information that Gillard is actually a sceptic. Though I won’t be voting for her, this is still encouraging, if true.
What I find amusing is Julia’s statement that She’ll keep the debate going until she gets the result she wants.
This is akin to the old addage… “When I want your opinion, I’ll give it to you”
If Labor gets back in & the greens get balance of power, sure as eggs, we’ll get a carbon tax.
So the solution is easy… vote out Labor & let sanity prevail.
On the upside, with Labor out, we’ll also kill off Conroys plan to gain government control of the Internet & thus remove Labor’s ability to close down sites like this without recourse.