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Greg Hunt’s taxpayer funded whiteboard yesterday.<\/p><\/div>\n

Ever noticed how shrill Environment Minister Greg Hunt is getting these days readers? The man once considered the smiling face of the Abbott’s administration’s policy of dismantling of renewable energy appears to have lost all control in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

I refer of course to Gregory’s extraordinary attack on John Grimes, the head of the Australian Solar Council <\/a>this week on the ABC\u2019s Mornings program in Brisbane. The minister sank the boot into the respected chief executive of the Council\u00a0saying he should be \u201cashamed\u201d of hinself and accused him of duplicity. Which sounds quite funny coming from a politician.<\/p>\n

So what disturbed the minister so much to resort to this type of debating technique?<\/p>\n

Mr Hunt was reacting to comments by Grimes against the back drop of the campaign run by the Council\u00a0to Save Solar, a campaign to highlight the government\u2019s push against renewables. The main target of the campaign is to raise awareness of the ideological nature of the Abbott government\u2019s campaign against solar energy and the Renewable Energy Target (RET).<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the election, promise after promise (has been) broken,\u201d Grimes said. \u201cOne million solar roofs gone, the RET he wants abolished \u2013 he and Joe Hockey are working hard for that outcome. \u2026 (And) moderate voices like [Environment Minister] Greg Hunt have been sidelined in the Cabinet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just not what the people were voting for, and certainly not what they want,\u201d he told 612 ABC.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Broken promises; an ideological campaign against the RET and renewables and sidelining of moderates, these are all fair assumptions given the evidence of the government\u2019s renewable energy policy (or lack of one) since the last election. Grimes pointed out for example the cave in on the one million solar roofs program, the RET, the Budget and others.<\/p>\n

Astonishingly though Hunt appeared upset and tried to take the high moral ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe spoke a week ago and I was absolutely crystal clear that we remained committed to the renewable energy target,\u201d Hunt said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe knows that, [yet] he [Grimes] said things which were extraordinary and completely at odds with what he said to me in private. It is a deep personal moral duty to myself to say the same thing in private as the same thing in public.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Grimes should be utterly ashamed of himself today \u2013 he is somebody who says one thing in private and another thing in public.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cCommitted to the RET?\u201d \u201cDeep personal moral duty?\u201d You have to laugh. Here\u2019s the link to the full interview<\/a> for those interested.<\/p>\n

Indeed according to Grimes, there\u2019s a darker side to the Minister for the Environment. The ASC head told the ABC that Hunt had \u201cwarned me off\u201d the marginals campaign, warning of \u201cconsequences\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hunt\u2019s personal attack this week underlined the federal government’s dismantling of energy policy has taken a new turn downwards. The government\u2019s personal attacks, sharp invective, baseless accusations and echoing of the fossil fuel industry\u2019s line bodes ill for reasoned debate on clean energy in our country. The key to the strategy may be fear that the ASC\u2019s campaign in marginal seats may be the key to Greg\u2019s dummy spit though, as Mr Hunt would be well aware of the popularity of renewable energy in Australia.<\/p>\n

No wonder the Minister is running scared; despite being instructed to run the dismantling of renewable energy policy of the government, he keeps coming up against the good old-fashioned will of the people.<\/p>\n

Power to the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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