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Published online 14 November 2007 | Nature 450, 336-338 (2007) | doi:10.1038/450336a
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Climate politics: Showdown in a sunburnt country
Climate is shaping up as an issue in the 24 November Australian elections, as Stephen Pincock reports.
Any campaign veteran will tell you that voters are fickle, switching from candidate to candidate and issue to issue as the whim takes them. But in Australia, voters may have changed their minds once and for all on the issue of climate change.
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There is no debate, it’s political NOT science. UK court says Gore is a fraud. August 2007 Update: Man-made Catastrophic Global Warming Not True. Unfortunately, Hansen is a political hack of George Soros. Further, flawed NASA Global Warming data paid for by George Soros. In order to be an intelligent reader you must have a basic knowledge. Please do your own homework; a starting point http://www.InteliOrg.com/
Please, Nature is not the place for silly posts. For those really wanting to do their homework; a good starting point is http://www.ipcc.ch/ and the several thousand peer-reviewed journal articles the 2007 reports list.
Accurate article but interested readers shouldn't forget the importance of the Senate race this election. While the Labor Party seem certain to win Government, it's impossible for them to win control of the Senate on their own. Either the coalition will retain control - potentially blocking policies like ratification of the protocol, or a minor party will gain balance of power. From a climate perspective the best outcome will be if the Greens do well. The Greens have a fair bit of common ground with the Labor party generally, but on climate they have stronger policies, frequently similar to European or Californian positions.