Coalition, correlation, causation

A cartoon from Ozzie cartoonist Cathy Wilcox.  In Australia, the Liberal Party (which is quite far right these days) is in coalition with the National Party.  Both parties deny global warming and want to subsidise new coal power stations.  In election after election here over the last year, the public has shown that it wants a decent climate policy.  The government has no idea how to satisfy these demands.  And so, the ALP (Australian Labor Party) is riding high in the polls.