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Might the bushfire crisis be the turning point on climate politics Australian needs?

  • Written by John Daley, Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute
Might the bushfire crisis be the turning point on climate politics Australian needs?The bushfire crisis is big enough to change the government's emissions policy, but it swill need more.Shutterstock

Countries have long periods in which policies change little, and only by increments.

Occasionally there are turning points, when previously intractable policy problems are suddenly resolved, recasting policy for the long term.

Many are...

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