This is what happens when you take the law out of law. It is politics that has fixed its teeth but not its spine. It smiles and hunches, a kind of moral pariah, aware of its own evil but also relishing in it.
The problem with this country is that Peter Dutton could credibly become its prime minister. If the myth of American politics is that anyone can be president, the sad truth of Australia is that no one is truly unelectable.
At the end of the mealworm drafting, the key clause is described as a pathway. There is no mention of the “phase out” of fossil fuels. Despite majority support, and undeniable need, it was deemed too strong a phrase.
