Australian election – climate change u turn

A clear rejection of laggard climate policies

By Jay Savage, Australia editor

Anthony Albanese has vowed to “end the climate wars” that have poisoned Australia’s will for emissions cuts in the past decade.

He now has a mandate. The rejection of Scott Morrison’s government in the big cities was seismic. It’s a clear repudiation of policies that have made Australia a climate laggard among rich nations.