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Editor's note
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When the smoke clears from the bushfire crisis, hard questions are going to be asked about the future of climate policy in Australia.
As Liberal MP Craig Kelly’s interview with UK television last week showed, there are still factions of the government who don’t believe there’s a link between climate change and worsening bushfires. This is a problem for Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
As Chris Wallace writes, the Coalition has been spared the impact of opinion polls over the summer holiday period, but when polling resumes, the government may not be happy with what it sees.
Could the bushfire crisis lead to a change in tack by the Morrison government when it comes to climate policy?
Wallace says there’s a way forward – the emissions trading system proposed by Prime Minister John Howard in 2007. If Morrison can deploy the cunning he showed winning the 2019 election by adopting Howard’s plan and then inviting Labor and the Greens to back him, it would be a significant political achievement.
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Justin Bergman
Deputy Editor: Politics + Society
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When polling resumes after the summer, Scott Morrison may be surprised by the public’s assessment of his government’s handling of the bushfires.
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Chris Wallace, Australian National University
There is an obvious point upon which the LNP, Labor and Greens might agree to move policy forward: the national 'cap and trade' emissions trading system proposed by John Howard in 2007.
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Environment + Energy
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Nancy Cushing, University of Newcastle
This is not the first time Australia's major cities have been shrouded in bushfire smoke. But this time, the culprits must held to account.
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Bhiamie Williamson, Australian National University; Jessica Weir, Western Sydney University; Vanessa Cavanagh, University of Wollongong
As Australia picks up the pieces after the fires, we must understand the unique grief Aboriginal people experience from a loss of country.
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Business + Economy
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Elizabeth Shi, RMIT University
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Anthony Veal, University of Technology Sydney
All this talk of moving to a four-day week overlooks what might be a more important agenda.
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Health + Medicine
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Rhonda Garad, Monash University; Amanda Vincent, Monash University
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Arts + Culture
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Marcus O'Donnell, Deakin University
At the National Gallery of Victoria’s summer blockbuster, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines, Haring's sexuality is obscured.
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Science + Technology
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Timothy Graham, Queensland University of Technology; Tobias R. Keller, Queensland University of Technology
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