Labor wants the climate wars to be over, but are they? – with Lenore Taylor

06/23/22 • 22 min

On the night Anthony Albanese was elected, he promised an end to the so-called climate wars. But a looming energy crisis has immediately hit the new Labor government. As a cold winter and the war in Ukraine put strain on the energy grid, we look at the pressures and opportunities facing the new government. In this episode of Full Story, Gabrielle Jackson talks to Lenore Taylor and Mike Ticher about Labor’s response to the energy crisis, and the opportunity to have a more intelligent debate about climate action

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