Oz's PM (Prime Minister) is a born-again evangelical Xtian who leads the completely misnamed "Liberal" Party of Australia. It is in coalition with the so-called "National" Party which used to be called the Country Party, but is really an agrarian socialist party, which wants protection for agriculture and lots of subsidies from the government when there are droughts, floods, etc. They want to socialise the losses (of the bad years) and keep the profits (in the good years). The "Liberal" Party is the party which favours the rich and companies, and is in favour of cutting taxes on the rich, cutting welfare for the poor, cutting minimum wages, and nobbling Oz's free health system. The Liberal/National Party coalition (known for short as the LNP) is most infamous for its demented climate denialism and its passion for fossil fuels, reflecting its largest donors. This denialism and delayism is also driven by the "National" Party which fears that country regions would suffer if Oz adopted a reasonable climate target.
This image comes from the Twitter page of Scott Ludlam who was one of the Green Party's (Federal) senators for a couple of years. The cretin in the picture is our PM. He once brought a lump of coal into Parliament and said we don't have to be afraid of it. The map of Australia behind the PM shows the temperatures in Oz on a heatwave day. The BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) has had to create new colours to show the new high temperatures being reached on our continent.
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