[Greens-Media] Libs voting base ripped away by climate change denialism

[Elizabeth.Ingham at parliament.vic.gov.au]

Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says the Liberal and National parties 
face electoral defeat if they continue to deny climate change.

Speaking in Victorian Parliament today, Mr Barber said "In state and 
federal parliaments it has been another week of resistance to climate 
change reality for the Liberal Party and The Nationals. 

"Coalition MPs are suffering on this solid junk food diet fed to them by 
tabloid newspapers. This morning in the Herald Sun Andrew Bolt is able to 
quote accurately and approvingly from the Intergovernmental Panel for 
Climate Change. It is just a pity he cannot capture the whole of its 
findings. 

"Mr Bolt assumes his fans have the memory of goldfish and so tomorrow he 
can tell them to believe something completely different from what he told 
them today.

"One of his ditto head fans is Mr Finn, who this week told us that arctic 
ice is growing, not shrinking. Last year was the record low for arctic ice 
coverage. This year is only the sixth lowest record in history. 

"That huge tearing sound is a great section of coalition members' voting 
base being ripped off them by the immediate reality of climate change 
against the anchor of their denialism," said Mr Barber.

For comment: Greg Barber - 0433 044 771

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Liz Ingham
Office of Greg Barber MLC
Northern Metropolitan Region
Victorian Greens Leader

P: 9348 2622
M: 0409 333 595
E: elizabeth.ingham at parliament.vic.gov.au
W: http://mps.vic.greens.org.au

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