The ALP, North South pipeline and scare politics

The recent convolutions about whether the Liberals support the North – South pipeline must act as one more reminder that ecological imperatives can never fully escape the gravitational pull of electoral politics. As the Parties struggle to keep voters happy both north and south of the divide, the public and the environment are, once more, let down by political wrangling and behaviour that is shaped more by focus groups than good policy. Sept 2008

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