Front cover; published by black inc. agenda; copyright; contents; note on sources; list of abbreviations; timeline; introduction; part one the death of innocence; darkness at the heart of government; the rush for the golden doors; squandering consensus; absolute political cowardice; two leaders; part two the end of climate change; the seeds of destruction; really fundamentally wrong; dead silence; storms inside; cashy, cashy, cashy; the lived experience; conclusion; acknowledgments; endnotes; index
Summary
The inside story of a wicked problem ... What should Australia do about climate change? A succession of leaders has tried to answer this question - and come unstuck. Politicians and public servants call it a "wicked" problem - one highly resistant to solution - and many approaches have been developed and discarded by the major parties. Some believe Australia's dependence on coal makes effective action impossible. In this book, award-winning journalist Philip Chubb examines the tenacity of fossil-fuel interests and their allies in business, politics and the media when their power is challenged. He
