Aussie Election Has Stunned Big Media, Pollsters, Climate Cultists, Greens, Labor
“It Was Supposed to Be Australia’s Climate Change Election. What Happened?” That was the headline of an election news analysis piece by Damien Cave for the New York Times on May 19.
Eric Worrall, writing at the climate blog WattsUpWithThat, makes a similar point in his column entitled “Aussie Election Lesson: Climate Activism is a Game for Lazy Rich Elitists.”
“One of the most intriguing takeaways from the 18th May Federal Election in Australia is how poorly Labor’s climate action political campaign focus played in working class areas,” comments Worrall. “This isn’t the first time the climate movement has misjudged their audience,” he reminds us. “The wealthy elitism of the climate movement was on full display during the recent Extinction Rebellion shutdown of central London. During the ‘rebellion,’ leisure rich dilettante hippies partied in London, creating commuter misery for people who have...
